Recently I was in the washroom at work, and I looked into the mirror to notice that my neck was very red and looked liked something had been scratching it. “What could that have been?” I wondered. Had...
A “bit” is a word; it’s a contraction for “binary digit”, and it’s the basic unit of information in computing. However, there is an older understanding of the word “bit.” Before people travelled the d...
I have random thoughts running through my mind. They are scattered like debris after a huge party. I feel full from them.
Yesterday my wife and I spent the day with a book. We started in the morning ...
I am in what is loosely called a “people-helping” profession. I've been in one people-helping profession or another since 1967. I've been a neuropsychiatric technician helping combat personnel return ...
I belong to the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy (NYIGT). This is where gestalt therapy as a cohesive approach to psychotherapy began.
In New York, in the early 1950s, Fritz and Laura Perls met...
It's about 7.30pm on the locked unit. People have had their evening meal. Some have settled down to watch television in the group room. Others are sleeping already in their beds.
We used to take peop...
Several weeks ago Barry Dunsmore, the Pastor at Christ Church, Warwick, asked me if I would fill in for him at the 8am service on January 23rd.
You know, I groaned inside. I said, “Yes, sure”, but I ...
Sometimes it helps to take stock of where one has been in life to appreciate the present or even to understand the ground for one’s next step. So, I have reached that reflective moment. I don’t have t...
In this world there are people who like and get along with dogs, and there people who like and get along with cats.
Dog persons. Cat persons. I have always considered myself to be a dog person.
We had...
Yesterday, still recovering from the flu, I was at home when my wife called from church. She said, "Are you okay?"
I made sure I had understood her by using that ubiquitous clarifier, "What?"
"Are you...
