Lessons from the Ferns
With a spade, I scraped the top layer of sod from in between the fall transplants, careful to avoid the…
The Set of the Sails
We are in different boats, but we are all in the same storm. This is the message of a Facebook…
Why Do We Have to Choose?
There is an age-old conflict between personal freedom and group cooperation. I have experienced it in so many ways. Sitting…
Lost
I am writing with a different pen than I intended. After looking through the entire house, even in places I…
Befriending Technology
With social distancing, and the ability to connect with others being so dependent on the internet, my resistance to learning…
Finding Hope
I used to believe that people were, as a matter of their character, optimists or pessimists. I tended to be…
Unseen Enemy
After 9/11, when the World Trade Center was attacked, firefighters risked their lives saving people, and the president ordered soldiers…
Authority and Autonomy
So that’s what happens when we put our hope in a leader, in our case, when we elect such a…
In the Moment
SKYPE phone call with our daughter and two granddaughters, Anastasia and Mary. Anastasia was wearing what she likes to call…