Happy 4th of July: Celebrating Independence
Chicago’s fireworks celebrations are always epic, and they are what I miss most about living in Chicago. There’s something equally epic about seeing Lady Liberty in the midst of the […]
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Celebrating 600K Visitors: Urban Photo Safari
To thank all 600,000 of you from around the world who have visited Navigating Uncharted Waters, I want to celebrate by sharing photos from my urban safari last week. My […]
Artists’ Date with Kit Gruelle in West Seattle
It’s been a long damned time since I’ve been on an Artist’s Date, and I want to thank Kit Gruelle tremendously for joining me for a much-needed afternoon of fun […]
October 20: Private Violence Premieres on HBO!!!
It’s not always easy to just leave. Mark your calendars! After Private Violence won a Sundance Award, HBO decided to premiere the documentary on October 20. I recommend it highly because […]
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How does the ocean say “Hello?” It waves.
Yippee, Skippy! Over a Half-Million Visitors to Navigating Uncharted Waters!
The neighborhood [in Scranton, PA] Bobby [Casey] and I were raised in. . . if a man raised his hand to a woman, you had the job to kick the […]
RIP: Gabriel García Márquez
What matters in life is not what happens to you ~ but what you remember, and how you remember it. – Gabriel García Márquez No medicine cures what happiness cannot. […]
What’s Your Love Language?
It’s Spring. Love is in the air. Oprah’s Lifeclass with Dr. Gary Chapman is on OWN. We all have a love language, and we feel loved when the people in […]
Bucket List Artist’s Date: Cherry Blossoms at the University of WA
My bucket list is relatively short. For years, I have wanted to see the cherry blossoms at the University of Washington (UW). Monday was a rare day of sunshine and […]
Inspiring Change: One Billion Rising on V-Day to No More on St. Pat’s
Five years ago on V-Day, 2009, I launched Navigating Uncharted Waters to inspire change. I hoped to inspire abuse survivors to break down the walls of silence and to shift […]
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