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
If Witches Had the Vote
To realize how deeply entrenched “proper” female indoctrination is yet today, read a book that lies outside those boundaries and feel the constraints of what you expect taut against what … Continue reading
Celebrating Expertise
When my Australian pen pal told me her grandfather in Poland was executed during WWII because he refused to let the Nazis dictate what he could or could not teach … Continue reading
Women Reduced
When I watched Greta Gerwig’s film of LITTLE WOMEN set in the years after the Civil War, I ended up with wrinkles in my forehead. I remember the first time … Continue reading
