Author Archives: captaincliff

The other day it hit me that this coming year, 2015 it will have been 60 years since WGN-TV launched its wildly popular children’s show, Garfield Goose and Friends. As a  Baby Boomer and Clinical Psychologist it doesn’t take my … Continue reading →

  In my never ending search for truth and personal enlightenment I have come to realize the slow unfolding nature of wisdom. It is on a daily basis that our human folly is revealed. For example, ever since Thanksgiving my … Continue reading →

edited from various sources: Turtle Spirit Animal The turtle totem wisdom teaches us about walking our path in peace and sticking to it with determination and serenity. Slow moving on earth, yet often fast and agile in water, those who … Continue reading →

The Peace Pipe and the Therapist I first began making peace pipes as a part-time hobby sometime in the 90’s. Actually I dont quite remember anymore. It’s been so long and memory fades. Initially I was interested in the idea of … Continue reading →

Sometimes ones very best days are also their worst. It may have something to do with that annoying “dialectic” in life that really smart people and Zen Buddhists talk about. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the whole “light … Continue reading →

Masters of decapitation and Hollywood-style marketing, ISIS, the marauding band of black-clad Jihadists are said to be in high level talks with Disney execs regarding plans to partner in a one-of-a-kind theme park joint venture near Bagdad. Negotiations continue while … Continue reading →

Is it true that ISIS and the growing Ebola health crisis are actually changing our routine social discourse with one another? Could our culture be significantly affected in a way that eclipses even 9/11 or Pearl Harbor? I wonder if … Continue reading →

Some of you may have heard that the first non-isolated case of Ebola virus has been identified in Texas. Maybe you were too busy buying up shares of Alibaba, purposely bending your new iPhone6, or trying to outrun the rash … Continue reading →

  We live in exciting times.  According to several mad scientists we are on the cusp of a new era in plastic surgery and surgical reconstruction. Cutting edge research in the use of stem cells and organ transplantation has taken … Continue reading →

So the youngest smart-mouth son Benjamin’s fiance Megan converted to Judaism this past weekend. She did it quietly and gracefully and without much fanfare. She took her ritual mikvah dunking in the synagogue in Augusta, Georgia and emerged not just … Continue reading →