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Disappearing Act
A visit to an old friend at a nursing home reminds me of the true value to be found in friendship. Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians ...

Finding a Romantic Gift for Her
Let's face it. In many ways women are easy to buy for. Most of us love the traditional romantic gifts including: Chocolates Flowers Jewelry Lingerie Perfume Candles Soft Toys Clothes But on the other hand we're difficult to buy for. We ...

Literature and Women
Much has been written about women and women's issues throughout the ages; by women themselves and about women by men - women's mastery and mystery, their beauty and perceived lack of it and the overblown significance thereof, the ties that bind them ...


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Traits of Intuitive People
 
1. A woman over 40 with an advanced degree in one of the mental health professions.
2. Says she was born with psychic ability and can point out a parent or grandparent who displayed a lot of it too.
3. Tendency toward bilateral dominance (two-handedness or two sidedness).
4. More than likely an only child.
5. Tendency to be a night owl and sleep very little with frequent interruptions in sleep.
6. Presence of some talent and experience in the arts, often in more than one modality


(music, dance, art, theater, poetry, design, etc.).
7. Tendency to be a little dyslexic or else an exceptional student and sometimes both. Greater than average chance of having a photographic memory or total recall.
8. Lots of experience as a mediator--formal or informal.
9. Tendency to experience phases of temporary endocrine system dysfunction popping up and then subsiding (thyroid gland, adrenals).
10. Powerful need to spend time alone or in nature on a regular basis.
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