We had the most exciting Christmas….my husband gave me a puppy!!! (I told you he was a great husband).  I had a dog all my life as a child but in my adult years, my love of pets has been directed to cats 1) because I had never had them and 2) our lifestyle was best suited to them. Read more »

In preparation for my blog…on 'holiday stress' I decided to do what good researchers should do – check the literature first.  So to see what was new, I put in the key words 'stress' and 'impact'…this resulted in over 72, 000 references…thus increasing my stress.  The first article to appear was entitled

“Fracture Mechanisms of Aluminium Alloy AA7075-T651 Under Various Loading Conditions” Read more »

November 20th is Child Day.  On November 18th will be the celebration of the life of a child for my family.  It will be the funeral of my wonderful father-in-law, Harold ‘Hal’ Smith. Although I’ve only know my Pops for three years, I love him as if he were my own father…in fact they had many similarities….witty, loving, hardworking, decent  family men. Read more »

You say “tomato”…I say “ketchup”… Read more »

Mea Culpa!

If you watch a river or water that has spilled, it always follows the path of least resistance….staying true to a new practice or model can be a tough path that offers some challenges or resistances…. Humans are about 60 – 75% water (according to my online search) so…I’m just saying…. Read more »

Well…it’s been far too long since my last posting…lots of things on the go!  Just back from a “staycation” (i.e., stayed at home and did all those things you never seem to get done) but took some time to sit on my deck, close my eyes and dream I was in some far off place. Read more »

In my MS Word dictionary “Stigma” means “shame or disgrace attached to something regarded as socially unacceptable”.  Stigma related to mental health is covert and overt; systemic and systematic.  Stigma related to mental health seems quite odd given that stigma, according to my computer, is shame over something socially unacceptable.  The “shame over something socially unacceptable Read more »

Hi Again!

I hope everyone healthy and paying attention to this amazing weather and making the most of it, whatever that might be. Read more »