I am not sure we will ever return to the normal we once knew but if we do what will everyone do?Will we once again clog up the freeways, see each other only from our cars or otherwise hurried existence?It might be hard for some to see but in some ways we are more alive …
VIGNETTES Part 2
Sometimes I think we no longer see older people and this is significant to me as I find myself careening more and more toward that age of invisibility. I always remember the old adage ‘if only we knew then what we know now’. It could not be anymore true. And I am sure I was …
VIGNETTES Part 1
I fancy trendsetting. Certainly not in fashion but in just being ahead of the curve, unafraid to try new things or new ways of doing something. Way back when we all got our movies from Blockbuster I thought it was outrageous that you had to get a new Blockbuster card for every city. My partner …
#Delete Facebook
I have always had a love/hate relationship with FB. Mainly because of boundaries or lack thereof. I originally joined to keep up with my nieces and nephews and now like most kids, they have moved on. I also liked keeping up with friends overseas but the rest has been a bittersweet paradox, touching and intimate, …
Guns after Parkland
Gun culture 2018. I did not write after Orlando or Las Vegas or any other senseless gun violence since Sandy Hook because I was too discouraged and broken to say any more than what I have been saying for years. I could have just kept adjusting (upping) the numbers but nothing ever seemed to change. …
Gun Culture USA
The senseless American culture of gun violence: I wrote the below post a few years ago and a quick check of the stats today shows the acceleration as I expected. The statistics: Mass shootings: There were 372 mass shootings in the US in 2015, killing 475 people and wounding 1,870, according to the Mass Shooting …
The Constitution is Alive!
What is the proper amount of time to mourn someone you actively disliked? Of course I am talking about Justice Scalia but my grandma always said say something nice so I will start with not one but two things– 1. He was Italian! 2. He was a brilliant writer, his style and wit were clever, …
Facebook Induced Insanity
HOW FB STOLE MY BRAIN: the plain unvarnished truth as revealed through private diary excerpts: A Friday in AUGUST: I love FB, it is filled with such fun and loving activities from my large family. We live all over the country and it pulls us into a close circle. Almost like a group hug. 11:00 …