http://hamptonroads.com/node/353325 Advice en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:17:57 -0500 I guess it's all a matter of perspective.   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/two-curses-become-blessings Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:05:52 -0500 I am under the covers, and as I awaken I realize the sun has risen.  I stick my head out.  Cursed dawn, cursed cursed dawn!!  Even through the closed blinds of my bedroom I see streams of horrid sunlight attempting to invade my shuttered cavern.  I fumble for my sunglasses on the table and put them on and  get out of bed.   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/how-i-became-werewolf Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:35:10 -0500 I am in touch with young man in Iran, through instant messaging. We have often shared the similiarities and differences of our cultures.  When I told him of my mother's death this weekend, he said, "We have an expression here when someone dies.  We say 'May this be your last sadness'."   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/may-be-your-last-sadness Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:58:12 -0500 In our quest for perfection, whether it is in work performance, or looks, or lifestyle, we sometimes overlook the beauty of brokenness.   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/beauty-brokenness Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:21:14 -0500 I recently drove to Charlottesville, taking Routes 164, 10, 33, and 22.  You'll notice the number 64 doesn't turn up anywhere on that list. My only nod to the interstate was 295 around Richmond, and if I'd had more time, I'd have avoided that too.   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/taking-back-roads-longer-better Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:05:26 -0500 If I were to ask you to recall one or more "peak experiences" in your life, what times or events would you pick?  Strangely enough, people often don't say "oh, my marriage", or "my graduation".  These grand moments sometimes do not make the peak experience stage in the way smaller ones do.   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/peak-experiences Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:34:16 -0400 Yesterday, Saturday Sept. 20, was a strange day.  Many people I knew seemed listless.  No one seemed to have the energy for weekend plans.  People seemed out of sorts, hungover without drinking. Even the weather was curiously flat and lifeless.   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/tough-week-america Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:58:46 -0400 I recently took a trip to Alaska, as several of my friends had this summer, and it was as one of them described,  "a great big place full of nothing".  I spent days experiencing its vast nothingness and found it delicious and wonderful. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/place-gives-you-hope Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:16:15 -0400 In today's Virginian Pilot is an article about people who occasionally define themselves in animal terms - they feel a certain kinship to a specific animal, assume its form with some kind of costume (partial or complete), and meet with other like-minded individuals.    http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/furries Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:19:51 -0400 We all have to express our good-heartedness to the world in our own way, there is no one right way or wrong way.  There is only the way that only you can do. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/one-really-easy-way-make-world-better-place Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:57:40 -0400