The Village
The reality of our situation as human beings is that we are innately social creatures. We need and seek out support, reinforcement and engagement with others like ourselves. Desmond Morris called it "The Human Zoo." Hilary Clinton said, yes, "It takes a village." I say we are our own village, and create our own parachutes -- out of spider-like webs and connections that stretch so far, and often so thinly, that perhaps we never realize that we have become disconnected at all. We count on the parachute to save us, even sometimes when it isn't there anymore, because we've drawn the web out so far, made it so thin, so faint, that we never felt it fall away. I'm launching my life blog today in honor of my great friend Michael Zivick, who died last year, March 2007. Despite our 18+ year friendship, it was nearly a year before I found out that he was gone. I am sad, and grief-stricken, and riddled with guilt. How could I have not known, or not been present, o