My Mother’s Orange Tree
Once again, allow me to share one of my favorite family stories. . . On December 7th, 1941, my mother was at her friend Louise’s house. They were picking the [...]
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Dec, 2024
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Nov, 2024
Election Thoughts
When I was a child, I was lucky and I didn't know it. No one close to me died. When I became a teenager, my grandfather died, and I [...]
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Oct, 2024
A Parable in Defense of Democracy
For decades there has been a debate about how government could and should raise money to pay for public services like schools and police protection, road maintenance and garbage [...]
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Jul, 2024
Hopes on the 4th
Good morning. I’m writing this the day after the U.S. Supreme Court released its bizarre and historically ungrounded opinion giving the former republican president and all future presidents immunity from [...]
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May, 2023
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
This is an important week for our nation as our leaders in Washington D.C. negotiate the economic path we will follow in the coming years. We need to remember that, [...]
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May, 2022
Memorial Day Greetings
This Memorial Day I pray and affirm that we may come together to celebrate an enduring legacy of American compassion and courage. We honor the sacrifices of our parents and [...]
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Jan, 2022
Beginning
Beginning Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: tumbleweeds, fruit, this morning I could smell _______, no one seemed upset, just move one foot, stories I don’t want or [...]
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Jan, 2022
A New Year Prayer for Healing Division
I first wrote and published this piece several years ago when Barack Obama was president and John Boehner was speaker of the house, and we were in the midst of [...]
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Aug, 2021
Wait
I need new glasses. I’ve needed new glasses for several months now, but I didn’t want to go for a vision exam until after I was vaccinated. I finally called to [...]
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Jul, 2021
Happy Fourth of July!
I pray and affirm that the people of our country are compassionate and kind. We believe in fairness, democracy, and freedom for all. We are willing to work hard to [...]