I was recently tagged by people I follow to create a pictorial representation of what I see when moving through my world. In response, I decided to share some of the wonders I’ve seen, large and small, as I travel this earth. Some of these photos are from things nearby…

What do a dead child, an arrested mother, and a frantic mouse have in common? Maybe nothing, except in my own head. I was aware of the news story about a missing five year old boy. I was aware of the search, and the parental pleas for a safe return…

The first time I sat down with a young man who’d killed someone, I admit to being apprehensive. I admit to feeling a bit holier-than-thou in the certainty that this was an act I’d never be guilty of. I admit to thinking that a prison cage was a good place…

I was challenged by a fellow author to write ten things I would tell my younger self, if given the opportunity. While I can’t think of ten, I do have a few words of advice for that young girl. It’s okay to listen more than you speak. It’s okay to…

“Igor!” The taunts flew out the window. The girl turned, raising a middle finger to the school bus as it pulled away, giggles of laughter skidding on the roadway between her and “them”. I watched her shoulders slump and head drop as she trudged toward wherever she lived. I didn’t…

“But you’re a psychologist!” One could substitute counselor, teacher, doctor, or any number of professions that create the subtle (and not so subtle) expectation that one has now brushed all human being crumbs from their person. …

‘I’ll see it when I believe it’ is a statement credited to social psychologist Thane Pittman— a reported slip of the tongue on the more traditional saying. I don’t know the context for the misstatement, but it seems to represent a certain truth about us all. We believe things. Sometimes…

There was an accident recently in a nearby town. A nineteen year old hit a pedestrian, early in the morning, in the dark. The pedestrian was walking on the shoulder of a road without sidewalks. The driver left the scene. The pedestrian lay injured for an hour before being noticed…

A fellow author challenged me to list ten things about myself that others likely don’t know. It feels a bit like taking off my clothes in public, but I’ll see what I can come up with. :) I’ve never had a pedicure and I’ve only had one manicure for a…