Fear of Fear by the Editor Something nagged at the back of my mind when I read each one of this month’s EAP contributions, and I couldn’t quite place what it was. It’s always deeply interesting to me to see what people want to add to the general EAP dinner conversation, and what was interesting this month was that there was a kind of holding back, a … [Read more...] about Fear of Fear
Editorials.
Changing the Stories
by the Editor There's a story that's told about the natives of Tierra del Fuego when the ship of Captain Cook sailed into their bay. The natives, it's said, couldn't see the ship. When they looked out, they saw nothing but what they expected to see. The stories they told themselves about what could and couldn't be there didn't include the white sails and … [Read more...] about Changing the Stories
The Hell with the Pursuit
The Hell with the Pursuit by the Editor One of this month’s poems by David Budbill says: “So what’s with all these new age types thinking they got it coming-- like it’s some kind of inalienable right or something? Life and Liberty are the only rights, the Declaration of Independence says. Happiness we just got the right … [Read more...] about The Hell with the Pursuit
Addiction and Denial
Addiction and Denial by the Editor When EAP started, I had a theory that the group whose energies it was going to tap into most significantly was the one I myself belong to: middle class, middle aged, healthy, financially secure women whose children were grown and gone (well, okay, I’m not financially secure, and I never had children, but the basic principle of … [Read more...] about Addiction and Denial
What the Gerbils Have to Give
WHAT THE GERBILS HAVE TO GIVE by the Editor In the EAP discussion of partnership arrangements this month, I was really taken with Chloe Hansen’s Why I Need My Gerbil. She’s hit on exactly one of the points we go on about here, which is that, illusions aside, it’s the big who need the small, and the strong who need the weak – not the … [Read more...] about What the Gerbils Have to Give