So What Can We Do about Gaza and Israel? Try Finding Something to Hope About, Finding Something to Laugh About, and Finding Something to Protect

October 15, 2023

Once again, we find ourselves learning about a horrific situation of violence and hatred and death and suffering taking place about a thousand miles away from where I am. My initial reaction to the attacks on Isreal and on Gaza was to cry, because it was so sad and involve so much death and injury, … More So What Can We Do about Gaza and Israel? Try Finding Something to Hope About, Finding Something to Laugh About, and Finding Something to Protect

Want to Find Your Smilely Face? Go to Your Local Farmers Market This Saturday

July 25, 2023

It’s no secret to those who read my blog regularly that the Cary Downtown Farmers Market is one of my most happy places. I’ve loved it for years and years, but I really depended on it for keeping me sane during the COVID isolation, since it provided both safe community AND healthy local food. But … More Want to Find Your Smilely Face? Go to Your Local Farmers Market This Saturday

Happy Juneteenth 2023

June 19, 2023

I have mixed emotions today, as represented by two of my heroes: Marianne Williamson and Cory Booker. I first read Marianne’s comments on Juneteenth from her daily newsletter TRANSFORM with Marianne Williamson. Marianne encourages us to open our hearts to experience the horror and pain of the truth of our country’s history of enslaving Black people. … More Happy Juneteenth 2023

And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 3

June 6, 2023

So has anyone else thought that President Joe Biden is basically the Ted Lasso of American politics? In the midst of all the ugliness and negativity between the two parties, Biden stays positive. He never trashes the opposite party, just rejects the “extremists” that he claims don’t really represent the Republicans. He invites collaboration, cooperation, … More And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 3

And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 2

June 5, 2023

This is the interesting aside Sit Com #2. So a day or two after the conclusion of Ted Lasso, there was a big announcement that Kim Canttrall who played the character of Samantha Jones in the original Sex and the City TV series, had agreed to do a cameo in the new SATC sequel, And … More And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 2

And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 1

June 4, 2023

This past week, our lives had a big win and a big loss and an interesting aside from a sit com perspective. Let’s start with the loss, which is Sit Com #1. (I will discuss the other two sit coms in posts in the next two days.) This week we got the ending to what … More And Just Like That: Our Lives Became a Trio of Sit Coms…Sit Com 1