When underground comix were de rigueur, Robert Crumb created a character that was depicted as walking determinedly down the street that popularized the phrase, “Keep on Trucking.” This phrase was probably influenced by “keep on keepin’ on” that was a phrase in Tangled Up In Blue by Dylan. The phrase means to just keep on living life […]
Clouds of Late Fifties Funk
I have been in a funk and giving myself a pity party for the last several weeks. First I realized my magical year was ending as my 58th birthday rolled around a couple weeks ago. Born in 1957 my 57th year was to be magical or golden according to contemporary mythology I chose to embrace. […]
I've Missed You
I miss this blog! I miss my readers. I miss my topics. In case you don’t know, I am working on a new site called the Women’s Legacy Project. It is more focused on a certain topic and a certain demographic than this free-for-all that is my life and my quest for a fair trade […]
John Waters and the End of Christmas
I cannot stand the crass commercialization of Christmas, or the Solstice for that matter. I put up my Christmas lights on December 24th and take them down on January 6th. Christmas Eve through Epiphany is my Christmas Season. The twelve days of Christmas and all that… Christmastide. I’m not overly religious, but I do appreciate […]
Siblings and Older Foster Kids Need Parents
Regular readers will find this to differ from my usual post, at first glance. Social action that sees light on this blog is often political, but at this time of the year, when everyone is thinking of family, family gatherings, and tradition, I’ve decided to take a moment to consider youths whose family structure is so fragmented […]
Posting On vs. Writing About Life Stages
You can tell the academic in me is on home turf when I start talking about structure and function, about la lengue and la parole, about emic and etic. ( Note: This is a most semiotic post.) I have been writing posts non-stop this month. These past week has seen a lull in my posting. So I failed […]