11
Nov
2024
One Word War
Nouns annoy me. I want to kick them. Make them dance. Stand up for themselves. Demand they not just lie around like... Read More
31
Oct
2024
The Hullabaloo About Hair
It speaks volumes without us saying a word. Can start a conversation and shut it down. Provoke pride, prejudice, peace, and passion.... Read More
26
May
2023
Five Caveats to Claiming Self-Identity
ONE. My honky-tonk Jesus can hang on your antiseptic cross. Being human is not a binary proposition. Whitman said, “We contain multitudes.”... Read More
11
May
2023
Price of Admission
I did it. I broke my 30-year reunion boycott on a Sunday night ZOOM call. Our classmate Stacy facilitated. She did a... Read More
3
Dec
2020
Power of the preFIX
What if the root of our problems is in how we begin? What if we decided to start the task, the moment,... Read More
30
Oct
2020
The Fireworks of ’24 Karat Magic’
Faded into the inevitable darkness of cultural compromise. Finn kicked off last Wednesday morning with a little Bruno Mars for drum practice.... Read More
20
Oct
2020
Feeding Our Appetite
Instead of Our Fear It all began with Jesus. We went to Sunday school when I was little. Mostly, I remember snacks.... Read More
9
Oct
2020
The Great Migration
Going Home This being human is a powerful paradox of terrible and beautiful proportion. We are spirits trapped in bodies. Earth-bound souls... Read More
6
Oct
2020
Cha Cha Cha!!
Three Steps to Go Dance has a kind of mesmerizingly syncopated magic. Like a-bra-ca-da-bra but with red-ruffled, hip-swinging swagger. Life in the... Read More