Carpool Karaoke

For those who’ve experienced a deep betrayal, the idea that we’ll readily trust again is just that: an idea. But it isn’t real. The wound is too wide. It may heal over decades, but never over days.

I want not to rent space in my head to the previous president but I need to start with him because his was a siege of betrayal. He betrayed the ideals of the American constitution and the honor of the Office of President. He betrayed our nation’s global reputation and every standard of common decency. In calling others to violence and the sacrilege of January’s assault, he embodied what Stephen King once prophesied: “The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” He lied and, innocent or not, they rioted….more on Medium

In One Canoe

How many times have we heard this theme touted by leaders of all sorts? We’re a nation divided: politically, ethnically, economically, religiously, and more. We’re divided not only from one another but, too often, against one another. We’re at war with ourselves.

We saw our dividedness January 6th when the mob stormed the Capitol leaving the dead and injured in their wake. Less violently, some people refused to wear masks and others of us still don them every day. We have different approaches to the pandemic...read more on Medium

Of Barbed Wire and Butterflies

Somewhere between an election, the stumbling roll-out of vaccines, and the exhausting pain flowing from the previous Administration, I feel like an eternity of noise and isolation is finally giving way to hope. There’s a light shining, however dimly, at the end of the pandemic tunnel.

Instead of listening to politicians harangue the opposition, I’m doing some stitching. Rather than watching Senator Hawley’s latest excursion into QAnon myths, I’ve been reading — I mean, not just email but books, those things that have covers and pages and authors. I’ve even been able to sit down long enough to watch a whole movie, beginning to end….more on Medium.