Ignorance and Apathy in 2016

November 10, 2016

“I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.” ― Cornel West Election 2016 I’m struggling to …

Mother’s Day?

May 8, 2016

For some of us, Mother’s Day is a less than celebratory occasion. My mother was a complicated, mangled, shiny train …

March 8, 2016

As children, we make friends easily. We hold out a toy as a way to invite others to play. …

January 1, 2016

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” I stopped into a …

December 19, 2015

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. I’m in the midst of big change, divorcing from a very long marriage. …

November 25, 2015

Like so many people, I’ve made wishes on dandelions gone to seed for as far back as I can remember. …

November 17, 2015

When we tune in to the news, or pop into social media, we are inundated with stories of chaos and …

June 19, 2015

I am prone to earworms (this is when a song gets trapped in my head). Sometimes, rather than a melody, I’ll …