The Portable
I survived my two-part fourth grade despite my move in the middle of the school year from Rainier Street to Maiden Lane and continued to… Read More »The Portable
I am a retired psychologist after thirty-five years of professional practice. I am now retired and write full time. I have published five books, all available on Amazon. I also maintain two blogs on Wordpress, Chats with My Muse Calliope and Release Your Stress and Reclaim your Life. I also distribute a free biweekly newsletter on commonsense and mindfulness topics.
I survived my two-part fourth grade despite my move in the middle of the school year from Rainier Street to Maiden Lane and continued to… Read More »The Portable
I mentioned before that our home on Maiden Lane was in the fifth house from the country, mostly consisting of farmland and woods. It did… Read More »Dirt Wars
Image courtesy of Pixabay I was at a disadvantage in school for several reasons. Most of my classmates had known each other since they began… Read More »Back to School
Before I started reading Truth and Honor, I thought I had a pretty good understanding of the issues involved with counteracting Trump, the issues involved,… Read More »Review of Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney
Image courtesy of Rudi Suardi (Pixabay) We moved to Maiden Lane when I was in the middle of fourth grade. When we lived on Rainier… Read More »Saint Charles School
Image courtesy of Pixabay Family atmosphere surrounds related people and is characteristic of them. My mother’s mother had clear expectations and made them known in… Read More »Family Feelings
Image courtesy of Pixabay I don’t recall much more of significance happening while we lived on Rainier Street. When my mother was expecting my second… Read More »On to Maiden Lane
Image courtesy of Freepik.com I don’t remember one Christmas differing from anther on Rainier Street. We never went to midnight Mass that I recall. It… Read More »Christmas on Rainier Street
Image courtesy of Pixabay Seven is rather young for a crisis but somehow it found me. Needless to say, I was totally unprepared. I enjoyed… Read More »A Crisis at Age Seven
Other than the family tragedy I wrote about in my last post, life was peaceful on a daily basis. We rode bikes. Visited with friends.… Read More »Growing Up on Rainier Street