I have been depressed, I will admit, over the events of this past week. The event, I mean, which is the suicide of my friend, Joseph, who was exactly my age. The difference in Joseph and me is that he had been suffering for years with major mood swings, and as a result had been on…
Month: February 2015
An Early Night
It is 8:21 and Ray is already snoring beside me. We are in the final days of finishing work on a major estate, and we have been working our tushies to the bone. Factor in the terrible events earlier this week – our friend’s tragic death – and you might have the picture of just what a…
A Prayer for Comfort
Dear God in heaven guide me tonight. Open my heart, mind and soul to Your word and will. Help me to turn to you in this time of sadness. Guide me to see and appreciate the love, peace, goodness and forgiveness all around me and to understand that though pain is real and difficult to…
Blog Dark in Honor Of Joseph
I am going to stay dark here on my blog for one more day in honor of my friend, Joseph, who died on Monday. His death was unexpected and tragic; however, I believe that he is at last at peace. Here is a lovely picture of Joseph that characterizes his spirit. This was supplied by Patricia…
Heavy Heart
I am grieving the loss of my friend, Joseph Gaudioso, who died yesterday here in Los Angeles. He was a good man with a generous heart. May light perpetual shine upon his soul. My heart goes out to his partner of 34 years, Charles Elliott, who is wrapped in my prayers tonight. On Death…
A Reminder for Living
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 King James Version 3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time…
Oscar Night
During the broadcast, the street outside my window was deserted, but now cars are beginning to move up and down, no doubt taking party-goers to one gala or another. We live between Sunset Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard and our street ends up being a major route for limos heading into BH or Weho. We…
Discovering “Sherlock”
Ray and I started watching the series “Sherlock” last night for the first time via Roku and Netflix. This is the British series that stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson. Though we are coming to the series late – it is apparently in its 4th season – the rest of…
Bad Habits
I am attempting to go deeper with my Lenten practice this year than just giving up something I especially like, like bread, but I must admit I don’t quite know how to do it. I am aware that I have a tendency to go into a knee-jerk negative reaction to certain types of interactions and…
Learning from the HBO Series “In Treatment”
Today, I worked with one of my adult students on a paper she is writing for her graduate course in Clinical Psychology. The paper focused on the patient-therapist relationship in the HBO television series In Treatment, starring Gabriel Byrne. The assignment was to write a paper detailing what the therapist did right, what he did…
20 Minutes a Day 