As I was developing my thoughts about our lives being divided up into 20-year increments, or scores of years, I began to see the first three score as a time growth. We gain friends, interests, and knowledge. We collect rocks, or stamps, or Barbie Dolls. We learn things and develop skills. We marry and have children. We get pets and buy homes. We grow our careers, sometimes moving from job to job and responsibility to responsibility. We gain opinions and political views and allegiances. Our … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2017
Women’s March on Washington
It has been many years since I felt the urge to “demonstrate,” for or against anything. The late 1960s probably. But, I did want to go to Washington this week to march with several hundred thousand people in the January 21 “Women’s March on Washington.” Please note that I am stating that I want to demonstrate, not protest. Although I have been gobsmacked* (a wonderfully descriptive British term for how I feel) by the hate-filled pronouncements and divisive rhetoric pouring out of the mouths … [Read more...]
