Happy Merry

This is the third Christmas time I have written as Wonderersheart, and I am wishing a Happy Merry to all. I also want to acknowledge that the Christmas and holiday time will be a confronting time for many. Punishing more than merry is how it can be. The astounding...

Moment to moment

It’s the time of year for reflection and dreaming, where have I been and where to next? The latter is more intriguing, the where to question holds possibilities. What next? What does the next year hold for me? What might turn up? My 2012 desk calendar, a gift...

The 16th President of the United States

Abraham Lincoln is regarded as one of the greatest presidents of the USA. In an odd sort of synchronicty Abraham Lincoln has been popping up in my life, and linking what I generally regard as my disparate, or almost mutually exclusive, interests. Thomas Friedman spoke...

I am because you are

Ubuntu When I first heard Ubuntu described it was in relation an African greeting. When two people met one would say “Sawubona” and the other would reply “Ngikhona”. One person saying “I see you” and the other replying “I am...

The Oregon Paradox

There is something about knowing your choices that is empowering. At a panel discussion recently a young woman spoke of dark times she experienced during a psychotic break. She said that she was consoled by the knowledge that she had choices about living. Knowing that...