24/12/10
What (or who) defines a holiday or its season... or us, for that matter?
Read More...Tags: holiday, calendar, christmas , tradition, love
10/12/10
Emotions aren't always proportional. Even when dictionaries are involved.
Read More...Tags: dictionary, human nature, stress
29/10/10
Thinking about nightmares, what they meant, and what they don't mean.
Read More...Tags: imagination, memory, nightmare, reading, books
25/09/09
Another birthday, another reminiscence.
Read More...Tags: memory, Philosophy
03/09/09
Why we do things is at least as important as what we do.
Read More...Tags: diversity, policy, fraud
23/07/09
Reflecting on the career of Walter Cronkite.
Read More...Tags: walter cronkite, communication
25/09/08
Another birthday, another essay on aging.
Read More...Tags: human nature
04/09/08
Bringing things into focus.
Read More...Tags: perception, human nature
07/08/08
Noticing that I’m out of the loop.
Read More...Tags: news
08/07/07
Childhood favorites can be strange.
Read More...Tags: memory, style
19/10/06
Sometimes you just need to leap.
Read More...Tags: love, human nature
07/09/06
Be sure you know what you’re putting faith into.
Read More...Tags: perception, spirituality, faith, delusion, logic
16/03/06
A controversial topic.
Read More...Tags: policy, gender issues
23/02/06
Reflections on what someone saw in an old piece of furniture.
Read More...Tags: memory, perception
22/12/05
Not everything yields to reason--nor should it.
Read More...Tags: grief, christmas , holiday, love
15/11/05
It’s not all sweetness and light.
Read More...Tags: memory, survival, grief, community
28/07/05
Remembering one of the great-grandmothers.
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17/03/05
Remembering the work of author, Andre Norton.
Read More...Tags: writing, creativity, science fictions, andre norton
22/12/04
A long forgotten moment recalled.
Read More...Tags: holiday, memory, christmas
07/10/04
Nothing in love or life is a simple, binary choice.
Read More...Tags: getting along, love, logic
12/09/04
Reflections on my grandfather.
Read More...Tags: memory, food
11/06/04
A challenged shop project illuminates the consequences of prejudice.
Read More...Tags: gay stereotypes, getting along, diversity, lgbt
15/04/04
You can’t laugh if you’re taking some things too seriously.
Read More...Tags: humor, human nature
19/02/04
Some Valentine’s thoughts.
Read More...Tags: michael, love, holiday
22/01/04
Surviving something always puts things in perspective.
Read More...Tags: medical, community, love
12/12/03
My great-grandma’s divinity fudge.
Read More...Tags: memory, food, holiday, christmas
21/07/03
Why we hang on to some things.
Read More...Tags: memory
19/06/03
It’s more than a piece of paper.
Read More...Tags: lgbt, gay pride, legal
12/06/03
The mythic power of the prom--sort of.
Read More...Tags: lgbt, gay pride, diversity, gender issues, memory
31/03/03
Going through boxes of a deceased loved one’s things.
Read More...Tags: memory, grief
27/03/03
Putting some color in the world with a few hats.
Read More...Tags: style, color, season
27/02/03
Thoughts on the life of Fred McFeely Rogers.
Read More...Tags: getting along, human nature, mister rogers
23/12/02
Our eclectic friends celebrate the holdiays.
Read More...Tags: holiday, christmas , community
01/12/02
In which i recall some horrors of being the new kid in school.
Read More...Tags: human nature, memory, holiday, school days
26/09/02
The form and substance of empathy.
Read More...Tags: human nature
19/09/02
Necessity and sufficiency are not the same.
Read More...Tags: human nature, getting along
30/08/02
Dreaming or taking things in stride?
Read More...Tags: Philosophy
22/08/02
An epiphany about leadership.
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12/04/02
I think about why a habit changed.
Read More...Tags: style
23/12/01
Thinking about wishes coming true.
Read More...Tags: christmas , grief, holiday
08/07/01
A visit to a produce stand reminds me of summers with my great-grandmother.
Read More...Tags: food, nostalgia
15/02/01
When you see the bully in yourself...
Read More...Tags: human nature
01/12/00
Holiday dinner traditions mean more than you think, take two.
Read More...Tags: cooking, holiday, human nature
26/10/00
Holiday dinners mean more than you think, take one.
Read More...Tags: holiday, human nature
19/04/00
Reflections of love, loss, and new love.
Read More...Tags: love, human nature
10/01/00
My love hate relationship with snow doesn’t prevent me from seeing the magic.
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08/09/99
An incident on the bus makes me think of how humans deal with frustration.
Read More...Tags: human nature, anger, gender issues
08/08/99
Some thoughts on spirituality that lead to another water metaphor.
Read More...Tags: spirituality, Philosophy, religion, diversity, lgbt, water
22/02/99
My thoughts after attending a christening.
Read More...Tags: baby, Philosophy, community
04/12/98
After witnessing a birth.
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28/09/98
Remembering how I became involved in active fandom.
Read More...Tags: fanzine , fandom
24/08/98
An epiphany while grieving.
Read More...Tags: Philosophy, water, grief
