Seeing Clearly: Hidden Mental Illness in Men I’ve Loved

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Would you beat this child with a stick?   What’s done is done One more second chance would be enough Only on the brink can we see so clearly — “Nocturne, ” Tesseract How could…

Can Empaths Be Cruel? The Science of Evil and Its Effect on What I’m Writing

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I’m glad I didn’t read Simon Baron-Cohen’s The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty before I began writing The Secret Lives of Librarians. Not that it’s a bad book. If I’d…

The Metaphysical Energy of Oil: Earth my Body, Oil my Blood?

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Standing on the Walton-Okaloosa county line in a hazy sunset, looking out across the Midbay Bridge toward Okaloosa Island and Destin. This is Choctawhatchee Bay, which the local county is trying to block oil from…

Barbara Walters, Psychics, and Public Ridicule

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Photo copyright by benprks; creative commons license. I think maybe Barbara Walters owes “dangerous” psychic James Van Praagh an apology, but that’s mostly because—as an empath—I’ve worn Van Praagh’s shoes.  I know what it’s like…

Psychic Spying: Revealing your own Secrets by Mistake

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I am totally in love with this artist’s work.  Please check it out.  Photo Copyright:  alicepopkorn; creative commons license. I am totally in love with this artist’s work.  Please check it out.  Photo Copyright:  alicepopkorn;…