Can we hold differences gently when hatred burns?

October 17, 2025
Someone recently said to another, "Thank you for holding our differences with such gentleness." Thing is, I know people who feel hatred and a desire to harm others that it's almost impossible. Who am I kidding? It IS impossible. Fully impossible. Gentleness has its limits We like to...

Appropriate? In good taste?

September 12, 2024
APPROPRIATE? No, not the Broadway play, although I did see it a few months ago. I'm talking about the concept. This morning before dawn I was blindsided by an...

Something to read at the soda shop

September 9, 2024
Our group of intrepid bloggers invites you to join them at the soda fountain, today! Laurie Recently, Laurie was at her mailbox when she heard the familiar low...

Who has your back?

September 4, 2024
The other day I was feeling pretty low for a number of reasons. Almost immediately, Cutie positioned herself in front of me, as if to guard me. No matter where I...

A vote is not a valentine

August 27, 2024
I feel so strongly about the danger posed to democracy by what passes for a Republican Party today and our need to get out the blue vote that I'm making the...

When you don’t fit the mold

August 20, 2024
I think she is absolutely gorgeous. Sexy. Hot. But she doesn't fit the mold. All kinds of molds. And she sure looks like fun, doesn't she? Like someone I'd...

I would not give you false hope

August 14, 2024
But I would not give you false hope on this strange and mournful day.    ~Paul Simon The America that we believe ourselves to be is no longer the America that we...

Some things we should never say

August 5, 2024
There are some things we just should never say. I know how you feel. You don't. People in pain or with a complaint want to be heard. This is especially true...

How to chill the f**k out this month

August 1, 2024
It's the last official month of summer and we've had some heat, haven't we? I've counted on some tried and true methods to chill out this summer, and I'll share them...

Be you: embrace it all

July 29, 2024
This brought to mind someone I know who is very critical of everyone around him. He's got something to say about most people. When you're around someone like that,...

Summertime vibe: livin’ is easy

July 28, 2024
We're deep into summer and here's what our bloggers are up to: Rita Be aware of surveillance pricing, when a company looks at information about you and sets the...

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