The Wisdom Held by Women
We who have survived the past few years are weary. We feel stale and pointless as we wait for COVID-19 to be de-fanged. We look in the mirror and find … Continue reading →
Stuck Together
Forty-five years ago, I met a guy. Against our better judgment, we fell deeply in the kind of love that sticks better than that glue a helmeted guy can use … Continue reading →
Of Masks and Bras
“Who was that masked man?” I remember the Lone Ranger and his mystique. He could do good deeds without sullying them with self-aggrandizement. His mask kept him humble. Other commonly … Continue reading →
Disasters Happen
When my husband and I lived in the mountains at 8300 ft., we used electrical heat tape to prevent our water line from freezing. It was there when we arrived … Continue reading →
The Civilizers
Long ago, I wrote a screenplay I registered under the title WHITE APRONS. The symbolism wasn’t original to me. Women in the Old West often wore their aprons as they … Continue reading →
Attention Must Be Paid
Many of us have heard the sentence, “He died for you,” only in church. Life rarely requires that sort of sacrifice of us. “Greater love hath no man than this, … Continue reading →
Life As A Series
During the past month, my version of emotional first aid for the draining stresses of our world included spending evenings binge-watching all six seasons of DOWNTON ABBEY from a PBS … Continue reading →
Let Robots Do the Fighting
Like many others, during the moral fog of the past four years, my husband and I sought distractions to preserve our sanity. Ironically, distractions often demonstrate remedies for the fog. … Continue reading →
“Tell the truth and shame the devil”
A third of Americans were supportive of Hitler and his policies, even as we fought WWII. (Hitler’s American Friends by Bradley W. Hart) That percentage included powerful white men such … Continue reading →
2021: Game On!
What do I want to hear in 2021? I want to hear that a hero is taking charge and making all the bad stuff go away and all the good stuff … Continue reading →