Category Archives: the BIGGIES
90 to 120 Days
Have you ever tasted a blue potato? There’s just something special about them. In July, when they are first ready to be eaten as new potatoes, they add a beautiful ray of color to the spectrum of grilled vegetables, their … Continue reading
Open Letter to Professor James Alan Fox: Our Kids Trust In Us…Let’s Start Delivering
My emotions about this tragic pall cast upon our country have ranged from extraordinary sadness, anger, rage and hopelessness. It has stirred in me some very visceral feelings about the role of guns and treatment of mental illness in our … Continue reading
Thankful
Maybe because it is November. Maybe because it reminds me of just how deeply M thinks sometimes and how things affect her in a way that often seems profound. Maybe because I am acutely aware these past few weeks about … Continue reading
Only But Not Lonely
This is a piece that I wrote almost a year ago and submitted to several magazines for publication (so many that I had to change M’s age from four to four and a half at one point just to keep … Continue reading
Thoughtful Thursdays and Fantastic Fridays
So, here’s a bomb: we’re now sending M to a preschool/K-Prep program that is run out of a local, religiously-affiliated college. Y’all know I’m an atheist, right? I’ll give you a moment to get back in your seat. Without getting … Continue reading