Experiencing the good old days while they happen
Last week I spent too much time engaging with the faceless narrow minded and the trolls. It happens sometimes when there is a major cultural shift. I know better than to immerse in social media and the news stream, but sometimes I just can't help myself. I'm not doing myself any favors when I do …
For the record, I received perfect weather for my birthday weekend. One day was dark, stormy and delicious, just the way I love it. The next day was absolutely spring perfect with high blue skies, low humidity and the freedom to be outside all day long, also just the way I love it. I know …
About once a month or so, Hunky and I discuss the possibility of starting an informal spiritual gathering. We circle around it and poke it with sticks, knowing it's a dangerous idea. We start saying "when" instead of "if" and then flee right back to "if" because ain't nobody got time fo' when. We dream …
It occurred to me this week that I misrepresent myself in the reading department. I tell people, because I thought it was true, that I get bored with police procedural series because the y are too formulaic and predictable. There are only so many ways to beat up a bad guy, you know? But I …
It's May. May means many things to me. For the last three years it's been a season of graduations, high school graduations followed by a college graduation including two more college graduations this year. It's a season of death, with my 23rd cancerversary on the 9th, and also, thankfully, a season of life, with my …
All my life I wanted to be a professional reader, just be paid to sit and read books. For the last nearly two years, I've worked at the public library, where most days there is absolutely no time for reading, but because my favorite part of the job is reader advisory, it kind of feels …
Easter isn't really my thing. As a child, I loved it, and my parents went all out with the baskets, the candy and the hiding eggs. But as I grew older, I stopped caring as much. When my children were little, we gave Easter baskets but didn't get into 'the bunny' -creepy AF, if you …
