Can a Society Come Clean?
Change sometimes comes quietly on little mouse feet, creeping in almost before anyone is aware. A change in attitudes doesn’t work like that. It comes in a tsunami or not … Continue reading
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The Mirror of Solitude
Before the chilling reality of Black Lives Matter made us all stop to face the fractured society we’ve allowed ourselves to be, someone on Facebook asked friends how their lives … Continue reading
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Daring to Think Beyond the Box
Greta Thunberg, the outspoken Swedish climate change activist, upsets more than climate change deniers. She alarms those who believe sixteen-year-old girls should act like Liesl von Trapp in The Sound … Continue reading
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Should We Consider Electing a Female President?
“The female Amazon warriors were not a myth.” I turned on the TV in time to hear a professor who had unearthed graves of the infamous, fierce tribe described by … Continue reading
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Cleansing Rain or Mudslide?
As in most areas of the country (and maybe the world), our local weather has been unusual. We live in a semi-arid area (traditionally), but recent upheavals began with a … Continue reading
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If You Feel Like a Ruin, Do You Preserve or Renovate?
We all ultimately face a day when we look in the mirror and the person looking back is oddly different—older. Me? Older? What is this evil magic? And then we … Continue reading
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Thanks for the Hand Up! Going Plant-Based While Grumbling
Recently, my heart health (or lack of it) demanded that I either embrace a future of repeated hospitalizations or drastically change my lifestyle. What? Me? I’m not even good at … Continue reading
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Welcome to the Extermination Ovens; Have a Nice Day
Could anyone who was marched into the gas ovens during WWII have previously been envisioning having a good day? How about a slave of a sadistic owner? Or the victims … Continue reading
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Who Cares about Regular People? Greed, Selfishness, Prejudice, and Pride
In a recent AMERICAN EXPERIENCE program on PBS titled “Murder of a President,” Americans finally grew weary of a political organization that indulged the greedy rich at the expense of … Continue reading
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Outside the Box
What does a flower feel when it finally opens and feels the touch of honeybees? I don’t know, but maybe it’s a little like the experience I had today. In … Continue reading
