"Loyalty to a place arises from sources deeper than narcissism. It arises from our need to be at home on the earth."        ―Scott Russel...

Of the many things I looked forward to upon my return to Louisiana after 45 years away, such as being closer to family and Cajun culture,...

Guest blog post on Single at Heart, PsychCentral, February 4, 2020. “Most people move across country for work, love, or family. Sometimes...

When I was a teenager, my mother told me that her doctor expected me to be born “blind and retarded.” She only mentioned it once, her...

When Jocelyn Teke, a Huli woman from Papua New Guinea (PNG), wanted to get divorced because of her husband’s infidelity, she had to...

A foot rested in my lap, and I had no idea to whom it belonged. I nestled in a “puppy pile,” the cozy assortment of people who snuggle...

I have wanted to visit New Guinea since my first semester of graduate school at the University of Kentucky in 1973, when Professor...

How much have societal attitudes toward the single life for women changed in the past forty to fifty years?  Clues can be found in...

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In the Fall of 2015 I had been feeling out of sorts, for no particular reason. I began to wonder if it was somehow tied to hurricane...