At the community discussion following the documentary The Foreigner’s Home about art and racism, a woman in my discussion group remarked that she had had an ‘aha’ moment.   She said it occurred to her for the first time that her hands-on healing practice was an art.   The definitions of health and

A few times a year I share a poem, instead of a column. Celebrate the loveliness of the holidays in the ways you love the best! Barter By Sara Teasdale Life has loveliness to sell,      All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff,      Soaring fire that

One of the most dispiriting times in my life was working for a boss who couldn’t seem to remember the most basic things about me, and who thought nothing of asking me to disrupt my off-duty time for work.   I remember telling him I would be away one weekend at a ballroom