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Now More than Ever

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I shared this with my work group last week because it’s been running through my head non-stop. Most of my colleagues are much younger, so I suspect they’ve never been treated to JCM like this:

I was shocked to see that this song debuted in 1992. (It should be noted that the only person who reacted to the share was the other Gen X-er in my group.)

How sad that nothing has changed and everything has changed.

The school where I work has a dispute resolution institute, where students can learn and train in conflict resolution of all kinds, especially outside of litigation. Mediation, arbitration, negotiation, etc. From family disputes to international conflict. Big heavy stuff. I’ve taken our messaging to heart, and the campaign for our summer training program is “Now More than Ever…” because it’s true. Now more than ever, the world needs smart, kind people to resolve differences. Thinking about the big effects on people and the world is enough to break my heart, but if I can do one tiny thing in the form of spreading the news about our programs and getting more people to train to help in a big way, I will.

Who am I to say
What needs to be done
I am just nobody
Another lost one
Caught between what’s left
And what needs to be done

Now more than ever
The world needs love
Not just a slogan
But the world needs love
Now more than ever
I can’t stand alone
Now more than ever

Quaranteenth Birthday

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I hardly ever blog anymore. I thought quarantine would be a great time for me to return to it as a regular thing, but I've been working harder than ever at my day job. While the activity for work is similar to before—organizing marketing and communications—the overall effect on my body and my psyche of a day spent on Zoom calls and drafting careful messaging is more pronounced. The undercurrent of … [Read More...]

Cut to: November

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"So, you went to sleep a year ago, and then what happened?" My friend Melanie, the miniatures artist turned travel writer turned certified wine expert, asked me this during a phone call last week. We haven't connected in real time since about a year ago, so she was right. What a year. I've been busy, to say the least, and using my writing and creativity in ways that distracted me from the … [Read More...]

Things That Self Help

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Self help. I had a year full of turmoil starting at the end of 2017. Deaths, losses, internal strife, a job change, a fire. One stressful situation after another, and I reached a point at which I had to do something to strengthen myself against the next blow. After all, I'm the matriarch, and people depend on me. For a long time I depended on a quiet morning, a cup of coffee, writing in my … [Read More...]

Photo Collage of Malibu Coast

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Hello, 2019

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Happy New Year Oh, hi! Yep, I'm still here. It's been a while. It's been several months and a handful of big life events. I just read my last post...from July! Is that the longest I've ever gone without publishing here? It seems comical to me now, this idea of setting goals last summer, and making incremental changes in my life to move towards achieving them. There's certainly a lot … [Read More...]