Assigned Roles
The powers want to believe that we’re happier as a people if we’re assigned roles to fulfill, the people they don’t like being assigned to disappear. Women understand this … Continue reading
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Unconditional Family-ness
Many people think they love unconditionally, but they don’t. How can you tell the difference? Conditional love can be exhausting, because you’re constantly trying to gauge how people around … Continue reading
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Incredible Love
Perhaps up to 67% of the songs of the past decade have been about love, or so AI informs me. If we could examine all the songs and poems … Continue reading
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Unrepentant Kindness
In a world that has dimmed to spotlight selfish designs, even tiny candles of compassion seem extraordinarily bright. Warriors of kindness lend helping hands or funds or respect that … Continue reading
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If You See What I See
Many action films include a pulse-pounding scene in which the hero rides a motorcycle at top speed toward an abyss. Only at the last possible nano-second does the rider swerve … Continue reading
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Ugly and the Beasts
You’re sitting in an airport and time before your flight seems to have slowed or perhaps slipped backward. Some engage with their cell phones, never looking up. Some sleep. … Continue reading
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Whatever You Want, Dear
What if a particular political point of view could get its way about EVERYTHING? I seem to recall a STAR TREK episode in which the space travelers encountered a … Continue reading
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When Protesters Were in Flower
The mob of protesters washed by me on the campus green like a wave of random rumbling bodies with vacant eyes. I barely understood what was at stake. … Continue reading
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Your Pants Are On Fire!
Long ago, my husband’s elderly uncle came to us beaming with pride. He handed us an envelope with the words, “It’s a million dollars! I want you to have … Continue reading
