Belying the Miracle and Humbled

Belying the Miracle and Humbled

I’d just arrived home from a writing critique meeting. My work wasn’t on deck, so it hadn’t been rough… on me. But I felt another writer’s pain as he looked in my eyes, witness to the slaughter of others’ opinions that spewed forth...
What Color is Your Burka?

What Color is Your Burka?

As much as I crave my claim to a nonjudgmental nature, I snared myself the other day. Caught red-handed, er, red-faced. Guilty. I maligned a couple of sullen overaged teens for spending too much time immersed in online games. Games with names sounding vaguely of comic...
Traffic and Trust

Traffic and Trust

“How can they allow motorcycles between the cars on the freeways? What if someone opened their cardoor?” This question/comment from a Colorado visitor long before the state legalized dope… Yikes! Neither my husband or I replied. How could we? We...
Tapestry

Tapestry

My Mini Cooper, Zippy-Doo-Dah, is 6 years old. Woo-Hoo for her! Woo-Hoo for me, too, because she’s low mileage, long paid for, and the extended warranty has covered many of the legendary Mini foibles. As well as my driving around corners on two wheels –...
Happiness Meter

Happiness Meter

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness – Behold, the opening phrases, second paragraph,...
Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

I was glad that I asked, relieved to have misperceived. My friend said her quick grab to place an accent pillow from the couch in front of her wasn’t armor against me. “It’s because I’m fat,” she said with downcast eyes, so different from...