How to Create an Oasis When Life is a Desert
We were somewhere in the Western Caribbean between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands when I first met Erica McNeal. A group of about 100 of us were considering how to best use the communication gifts...
View ArticleDo I Detect A Little Slippage Here?
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems our “good intentions” department is a little low on inventory these days. Looking around, civility appears a little thin. Chivalry – despite those who like to say it...
View ArticleSometimes You CAN Go Home Again
Maybe it all depends on how you define home. The high school I graduated from in North Miami, Florida, has been torn down and the areas around the original site are now a blight. The old neighborhoods...
View ArticleThe Exquisite Ache of Mothering
Welcome to the world! These are things I ask myself: Why does a woman long for motherhood? Just what is the irresistible draw? Is it the desire to bring a child into the security of a warm circle of...
View ArticleThe Folly of a Change of Fonts
Go ahead. Try any font. From my point of view, it doesn’t matter. The shape of the letters that form the word July, the angles of the number 17 – these are harsh and unnecessary. Even cruel. Every year...
View ArticlePeople are starving – and not for food
I’ve been told I must have “talk to me” tattooed on my forehead in a type of ink easily visible to the lonely. It must be true because apparently Karen (not her real name) could read it. It was only...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....