What am I doing with my life? At nearly 53, I never imagined I’d still be questioning my direction, but here I am. Lamenting things left undone, goals unpursued, and my inability to block out distractions and focus. So what better post to talk about turning over (another) new leafContinue Reading
You don’t have to be a psychic to predict two things when it comes to gun violence and legislation. One, that there will most definitely be another mass shooting. (And at the rate things are going this year, it’ll happen sooner rather than later.) Two, the Republicans will say, “NowContinue Reading
Early Wednesday afternoon Wayne sent a text that was both alarming and funny. “Your high school made the national news. Angels bunch of hid rats.” Which was then followed by four more texts: “Good” (twice in a row), “Hoodrata,” and then “Hoodrats.” Once I grasped what he was trying toContinue Reading
Last year around this time, I gave a 16 months later update on my Operation No Social Media project. Over the past 12 months, I’ve once again struggled with my internal “to use social media or not to use social media, that is the question” conflict. The other day IContinue Reading
You’d think that at 52, I’d have a pretty good idea of who I am by now. Which, to a large extent, I do. However, there’s something satisfying about getting confirmation of things I suspected about myself all along. But a couple of revelations this year are ones I wishContinue Reading