I hate it. I hate this cold, distant self I'm sharing with my mother these days.  -my 72 year old mother. Despite perfect health, she is at the age when I can't help but worry she may one day be suddenly gone.  And here I'll be, feeling like a louse… Read full post »

What people everywhere want is freedom.  Freedom of choice in who and what to love, begin, end,  work at, celebrate, eat, drink, speak out about, read, and study.  My life, my way; your life your way.  As my father used to tell us when we were small little beings who… Read full post »

-you are in the same stuck place as those who can't

The tragic events in Tucson have made me think.  I don't know whether it's fair to connect the violence that day to the vitriol that spews constantly across our airstream all day every day.  But either way, I think, you know what, enough is enough. Let's tone it down. And let… Read full post »