I don’t know about you, but at my house we have spent the past week working in the yard. I say we, but the truth is that it is mostly my husband, Chuck. I get out there in between other responsibilities. He does the bulk of it. Raking up leaves and pine needles, clipping shrubs and trees, carting it all off into the woods. He is meticulous with this, like so many other things he takes on. He comes by it naturally, by training and by passion. Whether he is caring for a pub

It took until Wednesday to return to center. One minute I am peacefully gazing out on blue waters, warm sun and a gentle breeze caressing my face and the next I am thrown into the chaos of international airports, delayed flights, missed connections and pre-dawn check-ins to less than desirable hotels all at the behest of ticket agents that range from more than accommodating to angrily not one bit helpful. Experiencing these extremes within a twenty-four-hour period is more th

Back when I was initially studying Human Services, diving into psychology and sociology for the first time, there appeared to me a rather heated debate over the concepts of nature and nurture, and which held sway in what makes a person who they are. Nature – that which is inherent in us, genetically determined, our biology. And nurture – that which is learned through socialization and exposure. They were posed as an either/or proposition. And it turns out that the argumen