Cogitating on things this glorious morning in June, enjoying perhaps the last drier day for a spell, I am soaking up other people’s wisdom. For example, I didn’t know if President Lincoln actually declared what I am feeling: “I have been driven many times upon my...
Half a century ago, we were angry with each other and the government because of the Vietnam war, civil rights — and Watergate. Then the Supreme Court decided abortion was a constitutional right. (9 Things You Should Know About Roe v Wade) Fifty years ago,...
Memory lane can be one scary slog. CNN walked me back down Watergate-memory lane; John Dean was the tour guide — to events that feel like yesterday, but happened a half-century ago! I wonder how many people born after 1973 understand what happened. People have said,...
I don’t know if I ever did the math to figure I’d be alive in 2022 . . . but here I am. What did I ever learn that prepared me for staying alive in 2022? Understanding What My Father Used to Say Well . . . I remember my father telling me the shortest distance...
Memorial Day 2022 reminds to think upon the rights I have because of the soldiers who gave up some of their rights. I sit in safety and comfort and peace today because of what others battled. It is not a permanent perch — never was. Yet, men and women died hoping...
Changing a Little Equation (Note: I consulted no math book to double check my assumptions about my life’s little equation,— only for the “art.” ) A grim statistic is changing my life's little equation: Covid deaths in the USA have reached 1,000,000. COVID is spiking...
A Personal Headline Of all today’s headlines that upset me, here’s: The Queen missed the opening of Parliament . . . this is was a big headline for me! The U.K.'s Parliament opens for the first time in six decades without the queen Throughout my life she has been a...
Wokeness is a new adjective; it can be pejorative or approving. a state of being aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality: His latest record displays his wokeness. Cambridge Dictionary In some ways it’s like the old adjective “hip”—...
Inspiration Up Close Early days in spring are my favorite; almost as much as the later days in autumn delight me. I like the contrast between the soft colors of early spring as much as I enjoy the vibrancy of peak autumn colors. Both color palettes inspire feelings...
A recent Lenten meditation “inspired” my most recent painting. (Art & Theology: Lent, Day 20.) Then, a phrase, BASE INGRATITUDES, from a favorite old book became its name. The figure in Caitlin Connolly’s painting is carrying something — and in these past four...
Appliances are a mixed blessing; they teach me over and over the limitations of my knowledge. But where would I be without them?(!) Whether it is the TV, my phone, or, this time, a refrigerator, I do not understand what makes them work, no matter how detailed or...
These are times that make me wonder what I am wired for. It certainly is NOT the twenty-four hour news cycle! We just aren’t wired for this much information, my friend observed. A true truth: as the world enters its third week, more than a few of my wires feel...
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