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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
- Jul 6
- 3 min
Hammock
I lie on the new hammock and look up at pepper tree branches lace their twigs through the soft blue sky on a warm morning. I breathe and...
Dr. Vin
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Fly
I hear a rustling of wings and turn to see a Coopers hawk awkwardly plunge into a low-lying orange flowered lantana bush. Given plenty of...
Dr. Vin
- Jun 19
- 2 min
Gift
When we read a story, we often paint it with our own emotional colors. If the narrative makes sense, we nod in agreement and move...
Dr. Vin
- Jun 8
- 2 min
Dove
While out walking, I linger at a fence, looking closely at a vine dripping with lovely purple flowers that have yellow centers. I am...
Dr. Vin
- Jun 1
- 3 min
Apricot Beauty*
Growing up in central California, in the farming community of Hollister, our quaint little town was surrounded by apricot orchards....
Dr. Vin
- May 25
- 2 min
Time
I have been a bear hibernating and lost in my own dreams for over a year. As the world opens up, I sleepily emerge from my brown cave and...
Dr. Vin
- May 6
- 2 min
Attack
After eating our soft-boiled eggs this morning, I asked, “Want to walk to Melissa’s house and deliver egg cartons?” My husband said,...
Dr. Vin
- Apr 12
- 3 min
River
“I notice in your writing about politics, that you don’t take sides. You don’t seem to judge others. How do you do that?” I was asked...
Dr. Vin
- Mar 23
- 2 min
Tent
I am double vaccinated and ready to peek out of the quarantine tent and greet the sunrise of a new day in America. Yesterday, I hugged my...
Dr. Vin
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Liberty
Outside my window I can hear the sound of a shovel breaking through the green grass and banging into the soil. Our grass was soggy, and...
Dr. Vin
- Feb 17
- 3 min
Schism
I tell my 4-year-old grandson, who is playing with toy characters from the movie, "Moana", that I have to leave our video call so I can...
Dr. Vin
- Jan 27
- 3 min
For Granted
I woke up on a cold Wednesday morning eager to watch the Presidential inauguration. I opened the closet, passed over my old worn red...
Dr. Vin
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Sage
On a sunny Saturday, my husband is walking a few feet in front of me when we see a hiker coming around the corner, so we lift our...
Dr. Vin
- Jan 1
- 3 min
Let It Be
I was sweeping out the garage on this final day of 2020. As I swept the dust and debris into the dustpan, I noticed a bright green...
Dr. Vin
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
Don't Give Up
I walk on the beach with my sister, turn and stop to face the turquoise waves burst into white foam bubbles that get small and cover my...
Dr. Vin
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Future
My gut is tight as I walk fast on the trail. I am thinking I need to get this exercise over with, so I can go back home and work on a...
Dr. Vin
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Purple Reign
“My son went to in person school for one day then the county issued a purple alert and school was closed again.” This mother is lamenting...
Dr. Vin
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
School in the Time of Covid
Back in March, the pandemic forced schools into a crash course of developing and managing online schooling. As one school administrator...