I decided to walk this morning to meet friends for breakfast.  We live in the older part of our city, which means it is mixed with owner-occupied ‘fixer-uppers’ and rental property.  As I walked by the houses that were in dis-repair, I noticed myself avoiding eye contact with those just sitting on their porches.  I [...]

When I was a very young girl I would go with my mom and grandma to visit my grandma’s uncle.  “Little Joe” as they called him, stayed in a county facility.  From a little girl’s perspective, he seemed pretty easy going, rather jovial, but he just couldn’t remember who we were.  He reintroduced himself throughout [...]

I have been a champion of women and their rights for many years.  In the 70′s I was quite the feminist, and could burn my bra with the best of them.  Whatever it is/was that fuels my disdain for injustice it has not stopped.  I have not ‘outgrown’ my passion to step in and try [...]