During lent and Easter I’ve pondered my decision to leave the institutional church. Not because I question my decision, but because the reasons became so apparent. I’ve written about my…
I will say it again, Bernie is not my candidate of choice. On March 17th I will be voting for Elizabeth Warren. That being said, I’m fed up with the…
I want to see a show of hands, would you rather start your diet today or next week? That is the question Katherine Milkman, a behavioral economist, asked the audience…
Last year I signed up for a 2-day seminar hosted by the Institute for Nonviolence, https://www.nonviolencechicago.org/, in honor of Martin Luther King. I can add this to the list of…
It is tradition that the days leading up to Christmas are filled with an endless to do list. Yesterday I was running from store to store, pushing through the throngs…
I was a “good” daughter. Although there is no one left to tell you otherwise. I was a “good” wife, but again, life has dealt me a certain hand and…
Last night at an impromptu pizza party, a friend implored me to “keep on raging”. I wasn’t sure how to respond. Was it kismet that this morning I happened upon…
I love this quote by Peggy McIntosh, an anti-racism activist and scholar; “White privilege is like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools and…
What to do when your life no longer has a road map? In my case, Google maps or Rand McNally are useless. I’m a 58-year-old mother and widow. Don’t feel…
I am not a feminist, or maybe the lady doth protest too much. I joined the feminist ranks kicking and screaming all the way. For the last couple of years,…