Choosing Our Friends
A few years back, I did a post on “The Four Stages of Friendship” and promised I’d add another post about when Friendships end. Not through death or moving far away. The other kind of ending — the worst in … Read More
Hosting An Asylum Seeker
I’ve given a name to the initial phase in hosting any stranger in your home, for surely most come in as strangers. It’s simply: “What is this stranger doing in my kitchen?” The name comes easily — I actually had … Read More
How to peel a hardboiled egg
I’ve FINALLY found how to peel a hardboiled egg so that it will turn out smooth. There are countless theories out there, and I’ve tried most of them. But now I know the secret. I don’t really know WHY it … Read More
From Vitamin C to Vegetable Oil: My 2022 Learnings
As I prepare for a new year (i.e., change over the check register; is there anything else we must do?) I thought I’d take a few breaths and look back over the year to see what I’ve learned. This is … Read More
Anticipatory Regret: my time-honored method for making difficult decisions
Those of you who’ve been reading me for years knew Sasha and know that we put Sasha down last September. Yes, that was my last blog post. It’s time for another one and, once again, its theme is making a … Read More
Learnings From My Facebook Hiatus
I went on a Facebook hiatus last week. Five days. Here’s what I discovered. First thing I noticed was that I missed what they call Facebook Memories. Each morning they’d send me a list of posts I’d made on that … 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