A few years ago I thought about starting an organization called PAGE – Parents Against Global Extinction. I was really worried! Global warming wasn’t being talked about much, war was more in vogue than usual, SUVs were the rage, and…

About 15 years ago a co-worker mentioned Nonviolent Communication (NVC). He was leading NVC groups for prison inmates in Northern California. A few years later “NVC” popped up again. My friend, Rilyn, who was then pregnant with her first child,…

My daughter turns four next week, and during these gorgeous late Summer days at the beach or swimming pool or on the sidewalks of Santa Barbara, I’m nostalgic for the last trimester of my pregnancy – the clothes, the attention,…