Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
We live in hyperbolic times. It's everywhere. Politics immediately comes to mind: the GREATEST wall you have EVER seen; the WORST...
St. Patrick's Day and Daylight Saving Time
St. Patrick was a slave. You knew, right? He was British, captured by Irish pirates when he was 14 in the early 400s, taken back to...
Feeling the burn...or burned out?
Readers of a certain age likely remember Jane Fonda urging us to "feel the burn." In a famous workout tape (that word alone should give...
Too much is the same as not enough
I've been searching for balance lately. There is so much noise. So much strident competition for attention. It's hard to find the calm in...
Common ground
So many thoughts to write about this week. I'm searching for civility and common ground. I am thinking about how my buttons get pushed...
I have something to expiate
What gifts I've been given this week. Connections with old friends; serendipitously learning new skills in the singing bowls; and a...
Is it a murmuration, a chattering, or both?
You can learn a lot about humans by watching what goes on outside of the human realm. I was going to say "by watching nature," but I...
What are you thinking?
Well, these days (by which I mean the last nine) things have gotten crazy. I have to admit to you, dear reader, it has been hard for me...
King Solomon's ring
I love to re-read the Yiddish folk tale of King Solomon's ring (not to be confused with the Seal of Solomon). If you aren't familiar with...
With respect to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. day. It has been 34 years since today was designated a national holiday by President Ronald Reagan, 13...
