Autumn reminds me of change and passing time. My acquaintance with this season is a pleasant, calm sort of familiarity. As the saying goes, “This is not my first rodeo.” I am growing into a contentment in this time of life that matches this season perfectly. As a creative spirit trained in scientific method, I […]
My Writing Life Resumes
I am edging back into the writing life, and I am raring to go. These last few months have presented wonderful opportunities to me. I believe I have made the best use possible of these gifts. I found a job when looked for one. I was able to work and tend to sad family obligations as well. Flexibility is […]
Self-Indulgent Micro-Focus on Piffle Must Stop
There is a problem in the world. One problem. We are killing ourselves. We have an inter-connected world in which tiny, myopic, and dysfunctional communities are chafing from rubbing up against communities with opposing and equally dysfunctional bases. Once the world was a big enough place that opposing ideologies simply widened the geographic distance between themselves and […]
The Day After Terrorism Never Seems to End
I could not really write about 9/11 yesterday. I want my normal back. But that will never happen. The world is the world, and we are the ones living this moment and creating the future. Part of me is angry. My life was uprooted and totally changed by what happened on September 11th. I wrote […]
If Wishes Were Horses, Then Decisions Would Never Have To Be Made More Than Once.
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. That is what the old saying, sooth or otherwise, announced to the children to whom it was taught along with nursery rhymes, counting songs and the like. “I learned this when I was little,” was what my Mom would tell me when she was teaching me things […]
Perspective Brought Home: Mourning on My Birthday
It had not been a great week leading up to my beautiful, silly dog, Mr. Worf, dying from an attack by Africanized bees the day before my 55th birthday. I suffered from medical abuse as a child and interaction with my family can dredge up lots of stress and sadness. With every passing year I […]