Dr. Vin
Plastic
I spent two hours lost in my small backyard garden, fertilizing and watering trees, trimming plants, and harvesting strawberries, basil,...
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AUTHOR | PSYCHOTHERAPIST | MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER | ARTIST
My Blog
Short 2-4 minute reads often on current topics, providing tools for addressing communication issues that we all face. These skills come from my forty year career as a psychotherapist. I design original chalk art for each post.
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Dr. Vin
- May 28
- 2 min
Name
I cut through the neighborhood park on my way home from walking my dog. I see a young woman near her blond, curly-haired toddler in the...
Dr. Vin
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Covid 2023
“People think Covid is over. It’s not. I had someone die in the ICU last night.” “Oh, really?” “Yes, and your brother had two Covid...
Dr. Vin
- Mar 7
- 6 min
Blizzard
I ring the front desk at six on Saturday evening. “The snow is blocking my front door. I can’t get out of my room.” “I will send staff...
Dr. Vin
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Uproot
We walk up a bank that is muddy from the torrential California rains, Steve pulling the dog and then me following behind. As I come...
Dr. Vin
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Donor
My best friend has kidney disease. She has been on dialysis three days a week and has spent two years looking for a kidney donor, which...
Dr. Vin
- Oct 4, 2022
- 3 min
Pickleball
Game point. My husband serves the yellow ball crosscourt to me, I hit it back to him across the net, and he returns it to a corner I...
Dr. Vin
- Aug 28, 2022
- 4 min
Grapes
“Where are all the grapes, Wes?” “We aren’t carrying them. We support the workers who are on strike.” The middle-aged, dark-haired woman...
Dr. Vin
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Raindrop
“I think your T-Rex killed my Raptor.” “No, tell him to get up. He has three more hearts left.” “Okay.” My hand-sized plastic grey Raptor...
Dr. Vin
- Jul 26, 2022
- 7 min
Salvage
“Family: I regret to inform you that we have tested positive for Covid! We also made the decision to have the wedding with masks on and...
Dr. Vin
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
Hug
“Oh-oh, I just got a notice that there is an active shooter warning.” “What. Where?” “At the preschool and all the schools in the area.”...
Dr. Vin
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
News
I ask Alexa to play me the news, while I sit on the rocking chair. As I listen, I pull in my shoulders and cringe in fear, then grab the...
Dr. Vin
- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
Time
To give my eyes a break from speedy moving screens, I take a walk and look up at the soft, blue, daytime sky. I see clouds that are in no...
Dr. Vin
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
Rebirth
I cracked an egg into a small pan that was sizzling with yellow butter. I lower the flame and watch the clear liquid turn white around...
Dr. Vin
- Mar 10, 2022
- 3 min
Ribbon
My five-year-old grandson looked at my shirt over facetime and asked, “Why are you wearing a blue and yellow ribbon, Nana?” “We brought...
Dr. Vin
- Feb 22, 2022
- 2 min
Grasshopper
I move my hands across the dark green tips of the thyme plants that are clustered together in the herb bed, until their sweet scent...
Dr. Vin
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
Puzzle
I sit down at the table to work on the 500-piece puzzle of a winter cardinal, that is almost finished. All the pieces are done, save the...
Dr. Vin
- Jan 8, 2022
- 1 min
Grove
A new year feels like the first day of school I’m ready to fill my calendar And start fresh. I am a water-color painter, a memoir-writer,...
Dr. Vin
- Dec 25, 2021
- 2 min
Ring
I lay on the couch petting the soft red fur of my little terrier, when I notice that the ring I always wear on my right hand is gone. I...
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