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A Bitter Pill

I’m at the point where each doctor visit starts with “Well, at your age…”. I need to get my liver rotated, my heart valves oiled, my lung filters changed and I need a lot of bodywork done. Nips and tucks won’t do it, I need parts replaced and a complete undercarriage overhaul. I’ve got 99Continue reading “A Bitter Pill”

Christmas Unwrapped

It was the Christmas season as I wandered the aisles at Gibson’s Discount Center with a $5 bill crumpled in my pocket. It was 1975 and parents didn’t care if their 7-year-old wandered alone through a store. I’d earned money to buy my parents Christmas gifts and I had to find the perfect presents. IContinue reading “Christmas Unwrapped”

Hark! The Herald Angels Scream

It was the Cabbage Patch Kid frenzy of ’83 and parents had lost their dang minds. I was a young mother and didn’t think my 6-month-old daughter needed the trendy toy of the year, but watching crowds of people attack each other over a doll was inconceivable. TV news showed Black Friday sales where hundredsContinue reading “Hark! The Herald Angels Scream”

Plymouth Crock

One cool November morning, Mom twisted my blonde hair into two braids and painted my face with orange and blue stripes. I put on a fringed vest made from a paper grocery bag (decorated with stick figures and animals), donned my construction paper headband with its fake feathers and walked uphill (both ways) in theContinue reading “Plymouth Crock”

The Truth is Out There

Depending on who you ask, aliens have either 1) frequently visited our planet, 2) never visited our planet, or 3) are currently running our planet. It’s been quite a year for Unidentified Flying Objects, which are now called Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. (Tomayto, tomahto.) These “extraterrestrial” vessels made the news, created a TikTok channel and hadContinue reading “The Truth is Out There”

Social Distancing Activities for Fall

A defining moment for America

Did someone drop America on its head? Instead of celebrating the birth of our country, I feel we should stage an intervention. Leadership has not only gone off the rails, its torn up the rails and melted them down so no one else can travel down the track. Turning to social media each morning isContinue reading “A defining moment for America”

The Prince’s Pride

Over the last three years, I’ve often felt like Vizzini from “The Princess Bride” where he constantly says things are “Inconceivable!” Trump pays off a porn star with no consequences. “Inconceivable!” Trump ignores requests for stricter gun control laws. “Inconceivable!” Trump is bringing back coal and destroying EPA regulations. “Inconceivable!” Trump asks a foreign governmentContinue reading “The Prince’s Pride”

The Sound of Silence

Each year, nearly 6,000 children in the United States are treated for gunshot wounds. Every. Single. Year.

When our children are wounded by guns, there’s only silence from legislators who are supposed to protect them.

Darth Vader/Donald Trump

I’ve sensed a disturbance in society. A dark shadowy figure looms across the country, demanding loyalty from all those around him. A powerful force instigates unrest, encourages outrage and hate, and challenges his followers to embrace their inner rage to find their true destiny. This person could be Darth Vader. This person could be DonaldContinue reading “Darth Vader/Donald Trump”