The World, The News & My Opinions On Stuff (for what it’s worth)
Richard Glossip — Help Save An Innocent Man
My friends, Sometimes, you just have to raise your voice. I know there are a lot of terrible things going on in the world right now, all vying for your attention. This is one life. One man. One innocent man. And maybe, just maybe, you can make a difference. I’ve written before about Troy Davis…
Read MoreLetting My Feet Follow My Pen
As though the murder of nine people in the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church June 17, 2015 in Charleston wasn’t horrifying enough, since then a number of black churches in the south have burned down. While it’s possible not all of them were the result of domestic, racist-based terrorism, if even one was, that’s one…
Read MoreWhat a Year.
As 2014 comes to an end, I feel an urge to slam the door and say, “Good riddance!” It’s been a difficult year for many people, myself included, starting on Jan. 2, 2014 with the death of my mother, and quickly thereafter the death of a dear friend’s father, and then another dear friend’s father,…
Read MoreThe Life That Is Waiting For Us (might just be here)
E.M. Forster wrote, “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Change is inevitable, and the wisest words in all the world are these, this, too, shall pass. For better for for worse, nothing lasts. We live in a…
Read MoreSo Ends The Silence
A month ago I posted that I was going to be off social media for a month, and so I was. It was WONDERFUL. And yes, it took a little getting used to at first. One of the reasons I wanted to wean myself off it was that I found myself far too inclined towards…
Read MoreMy Month Of Social Media Silence.
Back in 1995, when My Best Beloved and I were living in France, we bought our first at-home computer, and hooked up email. I still remember the ambivalence I felt. It’s just another way for someone to get into my house, I said. You have to understand, I’m the woman who once answered the question, What…
Read MoreSign of the Times
Just before American Thanksgiving (for those of you here in the US who never gaze northward, Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October), a friend of mine posted this photo on Facebook. I don’t know the name of the man in the picture, nor who took it, but if you do, please let…
Read MoreAbout That Wounded Buck . . .
I try not to post here about things that aren’t related to my writing life, because I assume that’s why most of you are here. And besides, I’m really not an authority on anything (probably not even on writing), but at least when it comes to writing I have some experience. Still, today I’m heart-sick…
Read MoreWhy Write About THEM?
Every now and then someone asks me, why do you write about people like that? I ask, people like what? Well, these folks say, you seem like a pretty happy person, more or less, and you have a great marriage and you like where you live and you love your dog and you don’t worry…
Read MoreYou Had Me At "Torture."
On this snowy morning, rather than spend my time out frolicking with the Rescuepoo in the drifts (which I promise I’ll do in a few minutes, really, Dog… try and be patient!) I feel compelled to enter into the ridiculous fray surrounding what may be the most unlikely literary pairing I’ve heard in a long…
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