Miles Outside My Comfort Zone Now!
There are times when I get talked into (I should probably say “when I fail to talk myself out of”) taking on a copy or content writing project that scares the bejesus out of me. I’m right smack in the middle of one right now. And I really do want to do it. I want…
My “Manna in the Wilderness” Experience
In the Old Testament is the story of the Hebrews leaving Egypt–where they’d been slaves for more than 400 years–and wandering in the desert wilderness for 40 years on their way to the Promised Land. All along the way, God provided just enough manna for the day’s journey. Any excess spoiled immediately. The story is…
UBUNTU: I am Because We Are
UBUNTU: I am because we are. Kudos to whoever created this meme As Doctor McCoy would say, “Eggs-ack-ly!” I find it intolerable (I literally have to leave the room) whenever I begin to hear or watch white people (privileged and poor) bitching and moaning because black men in football jerseys (and now…
My PITA Score Has Gone Up By ONE
Let’s hear it for my PITA (Pain In The A**) Radar! In eleven years and well over 1500 clients, I have a total career score of just FOUR (4) PITA clients. I just “fired” the latest for being a bully and a “scope creep” Creep. And I notified the powers-that-be on the platform…
Good Morning, World!
Good Morning, World! I’m in an uncharacteristic, pre-Trump mood this morning. It has been a long time coming. I haven’t felt this up or positive since before the 2016 election. This is what life used to feel like to me and literally millions of others. Sure, we had our challenges, but they…
Book Review: My Friend Michael
I’ve just read a remarkable book about Michael Jackson called My Friend Michael by Frank Cascio. You’ll hate the book if you’re under the impression that Michael Jackson was “Wacko Jacko” or a pedophile. But if you are malingering under this impression, I implore you to read it. Why? Because it will unravel…
PFLAG Transgender Insights
I went to a PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meeting last night because there were going to be three FTM (female to male) transgender representatives speaking and I wanted to hear their life journeys. (You can read mine–although I have never transitioned surgically or chemically via hormones–in WOMB MAN: HOW I SURVIVED…
Busy Reading & Writing — No ‘Rithmetic
I’ve been busy writing for two clients recently. When not doing that, I’ve been reading or working outdoors in the goat pasture. The goats have eaten the foliage down to nothing so I figured it was a good time to get out there and drag all of the broken limbs and branches to the…
Jolly Mountain Fire Evacuations Underway All Night
Photo by Jill Sawicki It’s 12:42 a.m. here in Tacoma, WA but my heart right now is in the hometown I grew up in from age ten to twenty: Cle Elum and surrounding areas Roslyn, Ronald, and Jolly Mountain. I’m looking at the map put out by the Sheriff’s Department and seeing that the…
Memories of Jerry Lewis
A week has passed since Jerry Lewis died. Since then, I’ve visited YouTube to watch some of his interviews and snippets of his best-remembered portrayals. I just couldn’t bring myself to sit down and write this until I’d done that. I needed to reconnect deeply before I put fingers to keyboard to do…