Anne Lamott recently gave a TED Talk called “12 Truths I Learned from Life and Writing.” #3 has to do with helping others (or not). She says, “Our help is usually notRead More…

Grace is twelve. That sprinkling of freckles across the bridge of her nose is adorable. A brunette Pippi Longstocking! And I’m her Nani (a.k.a. grandma). So I decided to interview her forRead More…

I sometimes wear sensible shoes. (Hey, but they’re cute…) I don’t have a “Ski Naked” bumper sticker on my car. I am not part of the Post-Post Modern Church, if that meansRead More…

     If you could choose two people to put on a pedestal, who would they be? Someone famous and pretty? Someone obscure but meaningful to you? Someone brave? Yourself times two?     Read More…

     “Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watchRead More…

“I would rather play cards with someone who doesn’t cheat at cards than with someone who has good intentions about not cheating at cards.” Decades before quotes were so “in” as wallRead More…

Years ago, I taught school in a district between Tucson and the Mexican border. One night I randomly happened upon child abuse statistics. Yearly, referrals to state child protective services involve aboutRead More…

Most of us are familiar with the term “Higher Power” whether or not we know anything about  AA or twelve-step groups. Steps 2 and 3 say this, “We came to believe thatRead More…

It’s 4/20. It’s Hitler’s birthday, the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, National Pot Day, National Lima Bean Respect Day (I’m not kidding), and my niece’s birthday. (Happy Birthday Meg!) In fact, there’sRead More…

Steve was my youth director in the 1970s. (Am I that old? Sigh.) Anyway, he was the kind of youth director always on the verge of getting in trouble with the churchRead More…