Style or Substance?
The first Ivy League university debate I ever saw boggled my mind. The participants spoke really fast, dashing through so many details, I couldn’t imagine how anyone could follow the … Continue reading
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The Goodness in People
Can you sense goodness in people? Not the familiarity, the similarity, that makes for comfortable friends, but an indefinable recognition of unconditional warmth, safety, and caring. You may startle to … Continue reading
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All Are Welcome!
In the iconic 1982 film POLTERGEIST, the medium played by Zelda May Rubinstein (who was a little person) chants to the spirits floating down the stairway, “Come into the light! … Continue reading
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The Pity Stops Here!
One of the poisons to which we are all vulnerable is pity. The pity of others for us feels nice at first, but it can be a benign acid that … Continue reading
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Firefly Family Members
At one point in my history, my family assigned me to a bedroom in the rear of an old farm house, a space with a walk-in closet with a window … Continue reading
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Is the Scary Stuff Gone Yet?
The forecast said we had a chance of rain. Later in the day, that chance grew more serious. By dinner time chance had evolved into a full-blown storm, complete with … Continue reading
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Love or Manipulation?
Any woman who has spent time dating will recognize the question behind a recent PBS NOVA program (Season 47, Episode 2) titled, “Do Dogs Love Us or Do They Just … Continue reading
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When You’re Winning, Don’t Look Away
Two previously accomplished men from separate countries were expected to come in first and second in the men’s 1500m Olympic track finals in Paris—practically a foregone conclusion. The question was … Continue reading
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Imagination Set Free
The scene was an acting class on the main stage of the university—a place that filled me with awe. A tiny lost person inside me wanted more than anything to … Continue reading
