We must culture and nurture that "political" aspect of decision making that validates and makes sense of what science shows us but we cannot renounce information that comes to us by any of the seven senses. more »

For me the fall season has been a time of "fortellings." It is also the season that holds many anniversaries of disturbing events, the most recent two years ago when I was confronted with the necessity of paying the physical price of an extension for my life. Today I find myself reliving the state of alert preparing for "more bad news." I am aware that one of the functions of remembering is the reworking and coping with what was overwhelming at the time; to remove the gnawing anxieties. more »