Category: What It Is Wednesday

  • What It Is Wednesday: Nervous Wiccans

    Question for my pagan/heathen/shaman/hippie/woo-woo friends in particular as well as their friends:  Over the last couple of years, I’ve found myself expanding on my spirituality, in some cases doubling back to a different understanding of early beliefs, never changing or recanting or neglecting any of the things I’ve learned through personal unconfirmed gnosis which you…

  • What It Is Wednesday: Lack of Touch

    When was the last time you touched or were touched? Gonna get close to the bone here, but I know my single female friends will appreciate it. There’s an article making the rounds called “Being Single Is Hard.”  It’s about touch and how the lack of touch is the hardest part of being single. It’s…

  • What It Is Wednesday: Is Texting Destroying Us?

    I’m on of those people who uses my smart phone for just about everything except making phone calls. It’s been that way ever since the first additional features on our phones beyond calling:   texting, instant messaging, Facebook messenger, various apps, even email.  I’m not sure how it started but non-spoken communications have become my…

  • What It Is Wednesday: Dating Sucks

    “Dating sucks!” The guy in front of me stopped and yelled at both everyone and no one in particular as I was starting my sunrise miles. The woman with him–a relative, maybe a sister?–shushed him but agreed. They’d stopped right in front of me, and I couldn’t help but eavesdrop as I passed them. “It’s…

  • What It Is Wednesday: Who Ya Gonna Call?

    I have a gift. Apparently. Here’s how it almost always plays out, whether you are an intern, an acquaintance, a co-worker, a leader in my organization, a best friend, a neighbor, a man I’d really like to spend more time with.  The pattern is the same. You can barely breathe.  In fact, you’re not sure…