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An Easter Miracle
Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all biblical on you. I have my fond memories of Sacred Heart Church shrouded in purple, singing in the choir, fake green grass in a basket, biting off the head of a...
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Fear and Loathing
It’s not often I find myself agreeing with John McCain. But thanks to twitter, I just read his response to this filibuster certain GOP/hardright/teapartiers have got going against background checks for...
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What if…
One of the most insightful questions we might ask ourselves, when confronted with a big decision, is how would one feel afterwards. A year from now, ten years from now, would we regret that decision or...
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An Arch of Sanity
This morning I devoured my first cup of coffee with the Love Bug on my iPhone. Oh Facetime, how wonderful you are! She kissed me and carried me around with her while she cruised the living room,...
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Fat, Sugar, or What?
Who can resist a Snickers shaped like a pumpkin masquerading as a Reese’s peanut butter cup? It’s funny really, I’ve never had a sweet tooth. Never stored bars of candy in a drawer in the kitchen....
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The Flip Side
Something psychedelic has been happening lately on Facebook. A friend from my high school’s Class of ’66 issued a challenge to her classmates to change our profile picture to our teenage self,...
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Weed, Pot, or Marijuana…
…or Cannabis. Whatever you happen to call it, weed is on the rise. I wanted to see Venice when I was visiting the Rocker and Ms Cait in LA before Thanksgiving. Did I tell you they moved from the Jersey...
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Delayed Reactions
Something deep down in my heart that I knew to be true – even Republican women believe in a woman’s right to choose an abortion. They may not say this directly, or out loud; it’s like a Democratic...
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“Enhanced Encouragement”
Let’s look at the word “Mandatory.” I’ve been hearing it alot lately. Chris Christie stuck his foot in his mouth in London when he said something like, of course, I vaccinate my children, but we have...
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Nine Acres of Guns
NRA Annual Meeting Comes to Nashville Along with All the GOP Presidential Candidates I could say I want to try skeet shooting. It’s not a real bird, it’s a clay pigeon after all, and it looks like...
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#wearingorange
Look around you America. If it looks like you’re surrounded by Barbara Striesand’s least favorite color, orange, you’d be right. And to be honest, being a strawberry blonde meant I avoided that...
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If You See Something,
take a picture of it! I’m guilty of wanting to document my life on Instagram, wanting to be creative and confounding, humorous and compelling, all in a few pixels. And the last few days were telling....
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Murder for Breakfast
Yesterday was surreal. We heard helicopters flying around our house as if we lived in LA. A small news station in Roanoke, WDBJ, just an hour away from Cville had been broadcasting a fluff early...
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OHHH-klahoma!
“Where the wind comes sweepin down the plain.” That Rogers and Hammerstein musical was my first taste of show biz. I was new to public school and new to ninth grade, so naturally I tried out for the...
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Prepping
The first case of Coronavirus is in New York. It’s in Florida. More than 3,000 have died around the world so far because of some bat droppings. I guess it’s time to start Doomsday Prepping; what would...
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“I’m NOT a Doctor”
But Mr T plays one on TV. He says we should probably wear masks, but he won’t. Why? Because hey, kings and dictators don’t wear masks behind a “resolute desk.” This guy with the bad spray tan is too...
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Hitting a Wall
My kitchen looks like a sweatshop. There’s the ironing board facing you across from the refrigerator, with its proud Rowenta iron sitting center stage. And a Singer sewing machine has replaced the...
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Liberate US From the Don
This morning Mr T has been rapid-fire Tweeting: “Liberate Michigan,” Liberate Minnesota,” “Liberate Virginia!” He must be sweating this Covid crisis out; not being able to golf or visit his gilded...
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Wax and Wane
Like the phases of the moon, our country has slowly moved from embracing conservative, anti- (big)-government ideology toward a more socialist democracy, and back again. In the 18th Century, we threw...
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Essentially Speaking
What makes a worker essential today? Certainly nurses, and Happy National Nurses Day, are critical to our healthcare system, and doctors and therapists and pharmacists. So are grocery store workers,...
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