In the morning we make the bed.  We straighten the sheets and comforter after having shared our sleep and loving time together.  I look forward to our nights in bed. We swirl and blend.  Boundaries interchange as we passionately express our love and lust.  You come to me and me to you.  We hold on [...]

The skin is the main organ of the sense of touch.  It is the largest, weight and surface, of the human body.  It weighs from about six to ten pounds.  It is made of two layers, the epidermis, or the top layer, and the dermis of the bottom layer.  The top part of the epidermis is [...]

Here are two vignettes about parents not helping and not protecting their children. Vignette # 1.  Takes place in southern California in the year 2012. Son, age 8 years old, dad age 38.  They're at the park.  Dad is attempting to help his son learn how to catch fly balls so he'll be up and [...]

Panic Attack!  A discrete period of intense fear or discomfort in which four (or more) of the following symptoms developed abruptly and reached a peak within ten minutes. 1. palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate 2. sweating 3. trembling or shaking 4. sensations of shortness of breath or smothering 5. feeling of choking 6. [...]

Five year old Amy had a new game, introduced by her father.  He would tickle Amy who liked it at first, but when the tickling became more than she could bare, the father’s sadism ratched up his intensive tickling.  Mother, hearing the noise and being concerned about Amy's wellbeing, attempted to squelch her husband's cruelty. [...]

Six year old Ruby is playing a board game that fits her age and her brother, nine year old Mort, and their mom, Octavia.  Ruby, being highly competitive and wanting to win and shine, decides to cheat.  Mort alerts mom that Ruby is cheating.  Mom once she knows her daughter has cheated becomes stern and tells Ruby, "Go [...]

Love comes in many ways and in many contexts. How often do you hide and push away loving feelings inside you?  Why are you willing to avoid love and to keep it hidden from you and others?  What's the benefit for you to be estranged from yourself and others?  Is not all this a way [...]

The American Medical Association voted on June 18th, 2013, to declare obesity a disease.  It's arbitrary to call it a disease or not a disease.  What really matters is that over fifty percent of the citizens of the United States of America are severely overweight.  There are lots of ways that many people use fat [...]

Handshakes in which two people extend their arms to some degree and clasp each other’s hand and easily shake within a moderate degree of satisfaction is a common way of greeting one another.  This is so common as to be the norm that the handshakes often feel like a quick ritual, which in deed they [...]

Baseball outfielders, fences, senses and protection. Major League Baseball might be wise to protect the safety of their players and to insure that the players need protection.  Protection is good for most everybody in various contexts of their lives, not just for athletes. Let's stay within the context of Major League Baseball, particularly with outfielders.  [...]