Conflict Seeker Gifts

"How can I recruit revolutionaries when there's nothing to revolution against?"

"The kids love it, and it's saved my marriage."

'This might be the common ground we've been looking for.'

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

"Barking sometimes helps me relax. But then it drives the neighbors crazy."

Fight or Flight

'Where would you recommend for a tech-free experience.'

"Try thinking about something else."

"Desmond likes to live in the moment. . . and that moment happens to be 1960."

"I hate it when we fight."

Dog in Daisys

'I love it here. It really floats my boat.'

Cactus seats.

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

'Would you be interested in attending a stress management seminar?'

Meditation

FIGHT STRESS: Walk-A-Thon

Lounging by the pool

"Yes, sir, Dave. Out here, under the big sky, I always get back in touch with who I am."

"Hey, no problem. I am one with multiple tasks."

UNFADED GLORY

Before pagers,mobile phones and the internet.

"I find it best to stay out of office politics!"

But there are other pleasures still for the fisherman's delight....for nature is everywhere about him.

"I don't care what anybody says, coffee just tastes better in a tree stand. . ."

'It WAS rather unkind of you to hide his bottle-opener, Mrs Jones.'

'Harlow, why can't you be passionate like Mel Gibson?'

The Birth of a Lawsuit

'Dad, what is peace?'

"You have to pick the places you don't walk away from."—Joan Didion, Penny, Joan Didion.

'It feels like I'm very much in a good place these days. That is, aside from the grammar.'

Trouble everywhere...

'We come in peace. Unless, of course, you have stuff that we want.'

Anger Management: Breathe in and Breathe out.