by toby | Apr 30, 2012 | Life
(An autobiographical essay.) Golden dust motes rose and spiraled in the lance of sun that came through the skylight as the teenage girl dusted. She wielded an ostrich-feather duster with more art than function—she liked to imagine it was a fancy fan, and she a belle...
by toby | Apr 23, 2012 | The Writing Life
One of the coolest things I get to do on the blog is bring some amazing people in to share their perspectives. I'm excited to introduce you to the passionate and talented Loren Kleinman, a writer and editor with some very impressive credentials who is involved with...
by toby | Apr 19, 2012 | Life
I woke up this morning thinking about razors. Specifically, about razors for a homeless teen… along with soap, shampoo, a toothbrush and food for his cat. But first I have to back up and share a post from pundit Seth Godin. (He's the one to come up with the catchy...
by toby | Apr 11, 2012 | Life
Stress. Distractibility. It's everywhere. I don't wonder why I'm stressed. I work at a stressful job (therapy with children and adolescents is far from the sit-down airconditioned affair people imagine therapy to be) I also overschedule myself and set some pretty...
by toby | Mar 25, 2012 | Life
***ALL IDENTIFYING DETAILS CHANGED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY***** Some of you already know that in my “real life” I'm a school counselor and therapist. Today there’s a picture of a bruise on my phone. I took that picture hours earlier, holding my...