You would think I’d be an expert at moving states. I’ve done it six times over the course of my life, but I forgot about Sesame Street logic. Not all moving experiences […]
This Houseplant Moved to Milwaukee
Unlimited
What would I do if I had limitless time, and no fear?
Empty Nest
I have filled and emptied decades of my life, but there are still decades left to unfold.
Gun Lovers, Quit Whining! You Are Winning the Weapons Race
On a sunny day this summer, floating in a swimming pool beneath an azure sky, the topic of guns came up. A man who is a friend and relative by marriage, let’s […]
The Joy of Voting, Then and Now
In the spring of 1979, I was enrolled in a Government Class required for graduation at Greenville High School. It was the Dazed and Confused era of teen life in Texas, and […]
Break The Screen (Time)
I can no longer invest time or attention in the products of corporations that have intentionally done potentially irreparable damage to not only my children, but their entire generation.
Transform Your Relationships: Dealing with Difficult People
Okay, yes, I’ve been told I’m too tolerant, too forgiving, and so open-minded my brains fall out. But if you have a Difficult Person (DP) in your life, my wide-open mind (and […]
Denouement
I made the best choices I could with the resources and knowledge I had at the time.
Literary Heroes: Eliot Rosewater and Radical Love in “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater”
The world is full of suffering people. Some of us feel it more deeply than others. Empathetic souls recognize the suffering of other people—pain, hunger, poverty, displacement, fear, loss, anger, war—and it […]
Driving Solo
In my pre-teen Xanadu era, my love for music was unfettered and expansive. I sang all the time, any song I wanted, as loud as I wanted, whenever I wanted. Then something changed.
The Gloria Sirens 