At the great river’s edge, they pause. Waters rage, waves roar and the current’s rushing fast. The vast throng stands, breathless. Pulse-drum thumping in ears, breath catching, they watch. To see.

For days, now, my newsfeed has been buzzing with opinions, thoughts, ideas. On a chilly January day, women descended on Washington in droves, and in our nation’s capital, they marched…

Dropping in here on this, a firin-busy, just-comin’-off-a-dinner-party kind of a day. Before I went to bed last night, I popped in over on my Facebook account to encourage my

Dear fellow Americans, Tomorrow, we will inaugurate a new President. With great pomp and ceremony, crowds of us will gather along streets, in offices, in shops, in our homes. We

This topic is tough to talk about, tough to write about, and fraught with many emotions. Please understand that I am writing in generalities regarding the genders, acknowledging that there

In morning’s brisk air, I pop on in. I’ve just come from some time spent with a friend in a local coffee shop. Mister steps forward to greet me and

He’d not come to me himself. I’d not heard a peep about it; no mention of his distress. He’d slid home late that night after his father and I had

A year ago, I had a dream. In the picture, they gathered around, arms reaching. Some hands lifted in supplication, others touching a man. In the center. The one in

In the early morning’s hour, I awaken. Outside, it’s bitter cold, scarce fit for man or beast. Tucked beneath the covers, my body is still, but my mind begins to

It came to me today by the lamp’s quiet light. Post holidays, now, a bit of malaise had crept in. This, on the heels of a contentious election. Here in the