Owl Who Laughs

I'll be posting an op-ed piece here soon.  But for now, here is a poem from my collection, Gordian Butterflies .  Best to all! Owl -...

Ethics Or Fear An ethic is a belief system founded in right and wrong, whether concerning conduct or mindset.   Colloquially it is base...

 ------- Why does the world have to be so beautiful?  It makes the cruelty so much harder to take .                                     ...

Some pundits in the national liberal media are getting a bit closer to the view I have espoused for a long time:  that Trump's followe...

In the small, rural town where I live, there are two of us who protest Trump regularly.   Twice a week me and my friend Sid, who is in h...

Emotional competence (EC) is a relatively new and evolving concept.   It overlaps with "emotional intelligence" but emphasizes l...

In the movies, the norm is the fairytale.  Good and evil are clearly defined, and the anti-hero is obvious.   To make it easy, there is...

[I was unable to access this account for months.  Below are some posts written during that time.] This is a one-hundred word story I wrot...

[Originally published on December 25, 2017] This is my first Christmas alone.  It's not so bad.  Hermit mode may become my norm, if ...

[Originally published December 9, 2017] The following is dedicated to #MeToo, the platform employed by so many brave women to speak out....