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The Girl Left Behind – The Story That Didn’t Add Up – Series

By |May 4th, 2025|

So much of my beginning was shaped by my grandfather’s quiet strength.

It feels right, at least to me, that I’m beginning to write this story […]

Embracing the Single Life: Finding Freedom, Joy, and Self-Discovery

By |April 29th, 2025|

Many people view being single as something to pity. If maintaining a relationship seems complicated, it’s often assumed that something must be wrong — that […]

Woodstock: The Liberation Years: Spirituality, Intimacy, and the Revolution of the ’60s – Series

By |April 27th, 2025|

This is the first post in a series about the boldest adventure of my youth—running away at sixteen to attend Woodstock.

Some Sixties veterans compare Burning […]

Truth Isn’t Always Black and White: Embracing Life’s Gray Areas

By |April 22nd, 2025|

The Truth Isn’t Always Black And White

We’re not here to agree with everyone but to coexist with compassion.

That means respecting others’ life paths and personal, […]

The Girl Left Behind – There Is No Substitute for a Mother’s Love – Series

By |April 18th, 2025|

On the night of October 14, 1962, at 10:40 PM PST, my mother, Frances Marion Cascinai, age 37, was found dead in our family home […]

From Liberation to Disillusionment: A Personal Journey Through the Spiritual and Social Upheaval of the ’60s and ’70s

By |April 14th, 2025|

Sexual liberation was at the heart of the social and spiritual upheaval of the 1960s and ’70s. With the advent of the Pill, intimacy was […]

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