The travesty at Virginia Tech. once again begs the question of where one person’s civil rights end and those of others begin.
The scant details being revealed about the shooter already indicate serious and apparent mental problems long before this horrific massacre took place. English teachers questioned this student’s mental state, based on violence in his […]

Cruises are like Disney World for adults. My first experience was about five years ago. It was just a short one to the Bahamas but I was enthralled from beginning to end. As soon as you complete the customs rigamarole and cross the threshold to the ship, it’s pure magic. I kept looking at all […]

Lambaste me all you want but, so far, I like what Hillary’s saying. During an early primary-campaign speech in New Hampshire she frankly and concisely addressed the main problems in today’s government–waste and incompetence. She outlined a plan, highlighting the need to get rid of 500,000 government contractors–a potential savings of $18 billion a year. I can […]

After four days of listening to show hosts on my talk radio station beat the Don Imus fiasco to death, I’m almost too worn out to even write about it. It’s appalling to me that this story has monopolized as much of everyone’s time as it has.
First of all, is it only obvious to me that it was a blatant […]

Think about how often we address our feelings. The words “I feel” or “I felt” come out of our mouths countless times in the course of an ordinary day. Okay…this probably applies more to women than to men. Clearly that’s because most men either aren’t in touch with their feelings or had the word feel […]

It’s amazing to me how the human spirit learns to adapt. We fall into routines so quickly and the horrifically abnormal somehow becomes normal.
I woke up this morning and did what I’ve done every day for two months. I checked the computer to see if my son was still at the county jail where he’s […]

Some days we can tell, even before our eyes are fully open, what kind of day it’s going to be. For me those are usually not banner days.
Yesterday I ascended from unconsciousness and looked through half slits at my cat, Buddy. Buddy’s a girl cat with a boy dog’s name. My son and his girlfriend […]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the statement, “Live and let live.”  Before I got sober I just couldn’t grasp the real meaning of this short phrase that I knew was supposed to release me from the overcrowding in my head. For most of my life vexing individuals would just move right into my mental state […]

Life is not fair, not fair, not fair!! Okay, I want to know who’s in charge of the awkward appearance department. I believe I have a valid complaint. Just because I didn’t have problem skin when I was 16 or 17 does not give you the right (whoever you are) to cover my face with […]

Last weekend I went to one of my favorite places–Miami. I grew up there on a small island, just off the coast, called Key Biscayne. I wouldn’t trade my early years there for anything on earth. Back then the island was a sleepy little place where bicycles were the main mode of transportation and everyone on the […]