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A Poem of Involuntary Isolation
It’s my 13th bloggiversary! And I had to check the obituaries today. Again.
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
My attempts to connect may be ham-handed, but that doesn’t make me a pig.
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An Open Letter to a Professional Genealogist
From one of a dying breed who is desperate to keep the candle burning.
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Why I No Longer Watch Tom Cruise Movies
By being coddled by Scientology, he’s complicit in human trafficking.
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No Two Churches Are Alike
Like visiting different families on the same holiday.
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Incredible Kindness
Okay. Hoo. I’ve got something in my eye.
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12 Things to Discuss before Getting Married
It’s really important to have all the hard conversations beforehand so that you know what you’re getting yourself into.
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Grieving through the Holidays
If you’ve lost someone you love, the holidays can be a particularly painful time. All those memories. All those traditions. All those people, still alive, who insist that you to carry on all those traditions. How can you be expected to decorate a tree when every ornament reminds you of the person you’ve lost? And…
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I Miss the Saturn Experience
I’ve had a lot of cars in my lifetime, but I’ve only bought one that was brand new. It was a 1998 Saturn SL2. I loved that car. Not only because it got me from point A to point B, but at the time the Saturn folks were embarked on this radical new philosophy in…