LIVING SITUATION
Recently, I was introduced to the idea that there's a difference between a problem and a situation. Problems have solutions. Situations are simply the way things are. We can fix problems, try to solve them. But while we can like…
p’s and q’s
You know how it is when you get a word or phrase spinning around in your head, and pretty soon every conversation you’re in seems to contain an echo of it, and then it starts popping up in novels and…
ALL OTTER THINGS BEING EQUAL
A few weeks ago I listened to a podcast about sea otters in the Pacific Northwest. Otters are one of my spirit animals, so I was emotionally invested from the start. And this story took me for a spin, let…