Christine Merser Mar 18 3 min Me at Sixty I am beginning to realize that I have passed the aging point of no return. The first 15 minutes of any conversation I have with any...
Christine Merser Mar 2 2 min My Second Covid Shot I had my second COVID-19 shot two weeks ago … and I had a reaction. At 2 a.m., two nights after the shot, I was lying on the couch at my...
Christine Merser Apr 17, 2020 2 min More of Ourselves in the Time of Corona We are so disquieted, my fellow Americans and I. Even if we don’t realize it, we are uncomfortable. Some say, “I’m fine,” but they are...
Kathy Aspden Apr 14, 2020 2 min Non-essential Spouse Maybe it’s the evening shift that seems so threatening. It’s dark. I would have been in bed by now. But it’s 11:37 p.m. and I know he’s...
Christine Merser Mar 27, 2020 3 min Anne Frank and the CaronaVirus When my daughter, about whom I am not allowed to blog, was in the eighth grade, she played Anne Frank at the Nightingale-Bamford School....
Christine Merser Jan 31, 2020 3 min Defining "Sexist" Assault Since the #MeToo! movement, sexual assault in the workplace has been recognized and vilified. We have come to recognize the different...
Sue M. Baxter Jan 29, 2020 1 min Recognizing Doubt Doubt. Do you ever doubt? If so, why? About what? Doubt about our spirituality, our beliefs - and others' beliefs - at one time or...
Sue M. Baxter Jan 14, 2020 2 min What Do You Live For? With the start of the New Year, I was discussing our 'purpose' with a friend, when she asked me, “What do you live for?” It seemed an...
Christine Merser Dec 1, 2019 1 min Trauma Based Education, A New Way of Learning Maya Baker, principal of the Bayshore School in California’s Bay Area, speaks with our managing editor, Christine Merser, on...