Astrology Moon in Virgo Nov 17, 2009
Lack of confidence is common with this placement, as many Virgo-moon people are treated unfairly or even coldly in childhood ... It may be hard for them to fathom why they feel or behave the way they do in certain situations, and to trace these instinctive responses back to childhood experiences. (Suite101.com)
Obama's Brother Launches Bio/Novel in China Nov 5, 2009
GUANGZHOU - U.S. President Barack Obama's half-brother made a rare appearance on Wednesday in southern China, his home for seven years, to launch a novel he says draws on his painful childhood under an abusive father. Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo -- who had the same, late, father as the U.S. President -- has kept a low public profile since reports surfaced last year that he was living and working in the southern Chinese capitalist and manufacturing haven of Shenzhen, around an hour's train ride... (Newsmax)
How Nice Is Your Boss? Oct 1, 2009
In addition to curiosity and honesty, let's revisit our childhood to see what we should strive to rekindle as adults. - Fun, Laughter and Enthusiasm - No limit thinking - No inhibitions - Read People and situations - Creativity and Imagination. (W-USA News, DC)
Ruth Reichl’s second memoir explores her pride in not becoming her mother Jul 14, 2009
This is much more than a memoir about surviving a dysfunctional childhood with a traumatized mother who, in turn, traumatizes everyone around her ... But among the many dichotomies in this book, it also fueled Reichl s understandable rebellion against a mother whose manic depression blanketed Reichl s childhood. (Boston Globe)
Former soldier is walking away from the war Jul 4, 2009
He had a hard time juxtaposing the religious morality of his childhood and adolescence with harsh reality of warfare. He started to see the political rhetoric and moral justification of the war as "talking without action behind it.". (Framingham TAB, MA)
