Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

We – the majority of Americans who voted last week, not me, myself, or I –  just elected a guy who’s fine with the climate crisis and increasingly drastic swirls of weather, children and teachers getting shot in school, with no Department of...
Election Day

Election Day

My husband and I will awaken before dawn on our national election day. Our lives will improve in a couple of ways, for better rather than worse we pray. an ENT/surgeon will remove the two amorphous growths on my parathyroid, alleviating a long-standing issue with...
News Caboose

News Caboose

So, on Thursday, October 24, I endured a lumbar spinal puncture ordered by my specialty neurologist, who’s in the hunt for a diagnosis for my intermittent muscle spasms/joint jerks. For nearly four years, this disturbing condition has ruled my life to varying...
Main Character or Protagonist

Main Character or Protagonist

While you, Young Writer, may think the terms ‘main character’ and ‘protagonist’ are interchangeable and functionally the same, they are not. That’s what I believed until recently. I’ll help you change your understanding with...
Life as a Miracle: My Team

Life as a Miracle: My Team

I haven’t written a blog post tribute to miracles in my life in ages. That’s because I haven’t been feeling it. Too many aches, pains, and complaints. Too much tainted, foul air due to the tedium of rancorous politics. And, the personal worst: my...