Jan 23, 2021How to Stop the CarnageFollow The Light — I had stopped writing in any earnest way when the carnage started, shortly after November 2016. It didn’t look like carnage then, nor could it be imagined to look like it did on January 6, 2021. But it was clear a seismic shift was about to occur. …Carnage3 min readCarnage3 min read
May 14, 2020Coronavirus — The View From a BabyShe has no idea. One day her mom and me and her other grandmas and grandpas will tell her about the time she was born just before the “Great Coronavirus Pandemic”. But she won’t remember it. She won’t remember that during one of the days, when 2,000 people died and…Coronavirus Baby2 min readCoronavirus Baby2 min read
May 14, 2020Coronavirus GriefApril 18, 2020 There have been tears stuck behind by eyes for weeks now. I do not cry easily and in times where I should they often lodge themselves somewhere between my heart and head. Today, they finally flowed. Anger, fear, even sadness seem like simpler emotions, easier to process…Coronavirus3 min readCoronavirus3 min read
Jun 22, 2019Burn That DressThoughts about the interview with E. Jean Carroll — My husband likes to keep things in, “suck it up” as they say. He doesn’t understand why others wouldn’t or don’t. …Sexual Assault4 min readSexual Assault4 min read
Aug 26, 2017WORDS ARE THINGSWORDS ARE THINGS “Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and all that ignorance. Don’t do that. Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. They get on…Social Change3 min readSocial Change3 min read
Mar 9, 2017The Book of TrumpI had never read or learned about the Bible when I was growing up and shied away from it when I did grow up. As someone who was born a Jew ethnically, but raised pretty much without any religious indoctrination it seemed irrelevant. I knew the Old Testament was the…Trump7 min readTrump7 min read
