Although heart disease is often thought of as a problem for men, more women than men die of heart disease each year. One challenge is that the… Read more “Lessons learned”

The information that the John Muir medical staff collected from the heart monitors was pretty clear. I had an irregular heartbeat and the cardiologist was pretty clear… Read more “Diagnosis: Irregular heartbeat … Treatment: Pacemaker”

The things that we love tell us what we are. –Thomas Aquinas, 13th century philosopher and theologian

It was one of those nights: the same bad dream over and over again. Each time it varied slightly, but I awoke with the same black hollow… Read more “Sometimes you’re this close”

I used to be obsessive, compulsive about posting here. Ideas would pop into my head, and I would get to it, write and post. Now? It’s safe… Read more “Sometimes you don’t have anything to say”

Stocks are plummeting. Employers don’t want to hire. The compromise bill that Congress passed after a nasty, drawn out fight to cut the federal debt is not… Read more “The cure for our economy: people who buy $900 shoes and $200,000 cars”

I woke this morning feeling dread, not really for myself or anyone close to me but something more general–the state of the world, maybe? Anyway, here’s a… Read more “Quote o’ the Day: Coping with fear”

The comments are roaring in to the Pinky’s Pizza Facebook page, following news from former owner Tom Beisheim that he will reopen the restaurant in a new… Read more “Pinky’s Pizza to return to Walnut Creek this fall”

In the real dark night of the soul, it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day. –-F.Scott Fitzgerald, American author, 1896-1940

A week or so ago a friend emailed me asking why I was posting “old stories” on Facebook. I emailed back asking her what she was talking… Read more “Detoxing from digital: a way back to sanity”