Tidy-widy, Uptight
I find myself in regular encounters with people who have tidy lives and are so far removed from […]
2 The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (Copyright 2010, 2012 by […]
My mother prays for me
For the first time in many years, I have seen my mother twice in the course of two […]
8 Will this keep my grandson safe?
I have an old acquaintance who types all of his emails in capital letters. They all begin, GREETINGS, […]
From the job boards – 5
I occasionally share interesting job postings, and my thoughts about them, on this blog. Here is the latest […]
Blind Auditions – One tool to end discrimination in classical ...
My mother is an article clipper and sharer, a practice she passed along to me. We send articles […]
Did you realize you were young?
When you were young, did you realize you were young? When I was young, I didn’t know I […]
5 The Father Lottery
Do you know who your father is? Bing . You get a point. Some people have no idea who […]
1 Silence/Words
Why silence? I go to silence first when the room has heated up. Sometimes I’m in the room, […]
Switcheroo – try something new
If you can’t get what you want, could you learn to want something else? People do this every […]
2 Write on the Dot – Vol. III featuring me
A short story of mine has just been published in Write on the Dot: Volume III. It is […]
Do. Doing. Done.
Do. Doing. Done. Let me expound. Do What does s/he do? Not what they say they’re going to […]
Is that Me?
Is that me? Am I that impatient, pushy and stubborn? Yes. Yes. And No. Yes, I am impatient […]
7 Receptionists who don’t receive
Has it happened to you? You walk into an organization, agency or business and there’s a reception desk […]
Just A Little Bit
For me, it is important to make a little movement. I cannot behave like a stick-in-the-mud even though […]
9 Easter Memories – Thank you, Mom
My mother is central to my Easter memories. She made Easter (and every other holiday) special in my […]
2 Only one way
You know what you know but you don’t know what I know.Although you assume you do when you […]
Extinction-level conversation
My Aunt Fannie once told me that the argument that led to her divorce from her first husband […]