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Great reviews and bitten nails for Torch Ginger

Posted on July 16, 2012 by toby

Launching Torch Ginger has brought great reviews and bitten nails. Deeply, badly bitten. It’s an ugly habit and flares up like warts when I’m stressed. … Read More

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The road ahead post-kids

Posted on June 20, 2011 by toby

Father’s Day 2011 was a big one for Renaissance Man and I, the first ever where we had no children on island to share it … Read More

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Rites of passage: across all cultures and throughout time.

Posted on May 18, 2011 by toby

Rite of passage –noun 1.  Anthropology . a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person’s change of status upon any of several highly important … Read More

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The “Big Eight” parenting mistakes.

Posted on February 8, 2011 by toby

I often have parents in my office doing what we now call “parent education” (a.k.a. family therapy.) I find myself saying the same things over … Read More

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