“Out of the Night That Covers Me/ Black as The Pit from Pole to Pole…”
“Out of the Night That Covers Me/ Black as The Pit from Pole to Pole…” (Invictus by William Ernest Henley) The coronavirus pandemic is raging worldwide, and people are asked … Continue reading
To Sing or To Moan?
When the citizens of a town in Italy, quarantined in their homes against terrifying contagion, recently came onto their balconies to sing to one another or maybe to themselves, the … Continue reading
The Loneliness of Isolation
A friend I’ll call Debbie was losing her sight. As an infant, she had been incubated with pure oxygen which would eventually destroy her optic nerve. Others victimized by the … Continue reading
The Roulette of Living
The end of my ulna is shattered—which sounds like a naughty personal problem to me. It actually means my dominant arm can’t escape from its over-the-elbow splint for at least … Continue reading
Securing the Blessings for…Whom?
Have you ever watched a film that dramatizes a real event from the past and then you were so disturbed your sleep was fitful? I can see why education textbooks … Continue reading
Hugging the Child Within
Biographies of celebrities are often tales of emotional abuse. In school, I despaired that I could never be a famous author because I hadn’t suffered enough. I was only partially … Continue reading
Ruling While Female
“I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too.” … Continue reading
A Woman with a Moral Imperative
She died trying to tell the truth and make people care. Yesterday, my husband and I watched a Netflix DVD of the 2018 film A PRIVATE WAR, the true story … Continue reading
Footprints of Women
The first tremendous Women’s March after the last inauguration suddenly thrust women into the attention of the world. It reminded some that women have opinions and are not averse to … Continue reading
The Music of Ideals
In these times of division and mistrust, many of us long for superficial divisions of party or culture or gender to fall away to allow us to meet through our … Continue reading
