Recently, a lesbian high school student was writing a paper about 1960’s gay activists. Below are the young woman’s questions and my attempts to answer. I am very fortunate to be able to reach across generations. How/why did you get involved in the 1960’s gay rights movement? “This was a natural progression for me. At age […]
Just like everyone, I love movie trailers, those that entice and don’t give away the whole story at a glance. That book trailers can do something similar, is a fairly new idea, but more authors are playing with the new medium. We live in the audiovisual age! My Paris memoir has 130 vintage photographs, which […]
There are two main themes with a month, a Full Moon and a New Moon. The Full Moon is when the Sun and Moon are exact in opposite signs. During Aries, the Full Moon is in Libra, and is exact Monday night, April 10th. This polarity is always about relationships. This is the time when […]
Sometimes we lose what we love most. Whatever it is—a death, a break-up, a child grows up, a pet is lost, an illness or injury debilitates us, a best friend moves away, a career ends—loss can be devastating in any form. With each major loss, as we struggle to process our grief, the voices in our […]
The New Moon represents the Sun and Moon being at the same degree in the same sign. It begins a new lunar cycle for the next approximate 28 days. This New Moon, Monday, March 27th is in Aries, ushering in the spring. Aries is about energy and activity. As there are now four planets in […]
It was a punch in the arm that caught me off guard enough to wake me up to the reality that I was in a toxic relationship with an emotional abuser. Life was an addictive cycle of highs and lows that ate away at my sense of who I am to the point that I […]
LEAVING THE BLUES: A play with Music about Blues legend Alberta Hunter People in the Bay area and around the country know that incredible theater productions are oozing out of every corner of San Francisco. I love the theater and when I hear about a production I often hesitate. Parking is a bitch and getting […]
Okay, I give in, it’s depression. I might as well face it. And I know I’m not alone. You can guess when it started: November 8, 2016. I tried to overcome it by resisting, ignoring, laughing at the fools on the hill. Like the amazing Elizabeth Warren, I persisted, but so did this depression. I’ve […]
A wave of consciousness was spreading over the world. Choice and freedom was replacing repression. Hamas, ISIS, and Hezbollah acknowledged Israel’s right to exist. I breathed deeply as I read the news, there was more: The mullahs of Iran decided to drop Islamist ideology from their platform, apologizing for the pain and suffering they caused their people. […]
Recently I listened to a lovely talk about meditation, about paying attention to the present moment, practicing loving compassion, and letting go of thoughts that carry you away from your breath, or mantra, or wherever you focus when you meditate. This makes so much sense. Why is it so hard to practice these guidelines in […]
Hang on, it's going to be a wild ride!
Robin
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