Bag Lady

Bag Lady

“I have bags in my car,” I frequently say at cash register counters these days. My united state enacted a law to reduce littering via small plastic bags nearly three months ago. To cut trash ‘we the people’ levied a small fine. It was intended...
The axe

The axe

“The axe forgets but the tree remembers.” I can not tell a lie. This axiom reminded me of a famous children’s book by Shel Silverstein. It’s a classic, fifty years since its first-published date. The Giving Tree is always poignant in its...
Hope, the Light

Hope, the Light

My favorite book is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What’s yours? Considered to be Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the...
Life as a Miracle: Dr. John

Life as a Miracle: Dr. John

The first person I told was Dr. John. Just inside the door of his home. His eyes softened instantly and he paused. My entry demeanor was not typical ‘let’s party PJ’, though that’s why I’d come. He hugged me lightly, folded his arms...
Cavalier vs. Cadillac Care

Cavalier vs. Cadillac Care

“I recognize you. What are you doing here?” The scrub-garbed young man said. Incredulous. “Didn’t we take care of you?” His eyes never left the computer screen, though they went wide as the doctor’s notes answered his question. Then...