My Facebook Hiatus
My plan is to be off Facebook for five days. I started late Tuesday night and will end late Sunday night. Here is my temporary Profile Picture. In fact, I understand it’s already live, eight hours early. That was one … Read More
Leapfrog: a history
LEAPFROG, my book that first came out in 2019, is in the final stages for its THIRD EDITION release. It’s been a labor of love, just as my memoir was. From the start, I’ve wanted this book to do good … Read More
On GoldenRod, Redux
First published September 25, 2019 as On GoldenRod, With Apologies, I wanted to bring it back for a rerun. Hope you enjoy it. For the past twelve years, from mid August to mid-September, I have conscientiously and diligently pulled out, … Read More
Finding Our Way to Vermont
I’m often asked how we wound up in Vermont. It’s a good story, one I enjoy telling if given enough time. At the same time, it occurs to me that if one owns one’s own website (now there’s a tongue … Read More
HOW SHALL WE TALK ABOUT RACISM?
Race, Racism, White Privilege, Guilt Freedom, Justice, Peace, Equal opportunity Negroes, African-Americans, Blacks, BIPOC community So many words, so little time. How do we talk about these topics that fill our current news cycle? They are not new at all, … Read More
Clotheslines Redux
[This post was first published April 27, 2016 as Is There A Clothesline In Your Backyard. I like it and thought I’d send it around a second time. I hope you enjoy it.] Such an idyllic scene. Clean sheets blowing … Read More
Coping With Corona, Redux
[Excerpted from my post March 18, 2020, Coping In the Era of CoVid-19. I was curious to revisit how I wrote about CoVid in the very beginning, a year ago. Much has changed. Or has it?] How are you doing? … Read More
A Final Musing: Violence of a Work Ethic
A few months ago, I came across this quote from Thomas Merton: On Violence There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most easily succumbs: activism and overwork. The rush and pressure of modern life are … Read More