Tag: blame

• Veterans’ Day

  

  We had a hard freeze overnight. Right now, as we approach 11 am, the official temperature is 35F and the wind is whistling along; the windchill is in the mid-20’s. The sun was out earlier but now the sky is overcast. Overnight most of the remaining leaves dropped from our bordering trees. In the comments…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 11, 2025

  autumn, family, Landscape, Nature, Stories

  addictions, blame, foster parenting, History, military brats, politicians, Veterans, Veterans’ Day, Vietnam, vietnam-war, war

• Dreaming an Alternative to Blame

  It is a lovely, chilly day, one of those almost perfect late winter days filled with sun and cloud, a day when one can see a long way. I’ve been having conversations with folks recently about responsibility and blame. Mostly these discussions happen around the painful moments in people’s lives. In our culture, the prevailing…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 18, 2016

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  blame, healing, Native American, Shamanism, stories