Reflections
Two ER Visits in Two Weeks is Too Many!
I’m sitting up tonight thinking about my younger sister who lies in a hospital bed tonight and who has been through hell for the past several months. She is finally (finally!) being taken seriously by medical people because they had to, not necessarily because they wanted to. Why does it take almost dying when you’re…
Read MoreWhen Life Stinks, Think ‘Tink’
When life stinks, I think “Tink!” A lot of people are depressed right now. There’s plenty to be depressed about… Plenty to be angry about… Plenty to be tired of… There are no easy answers. Personally, inter-personally, politically, emotionally, spiritually… sometimes life can just really suck! There are individual answers…
Read MoreSunrise at Last!
Voter turnout wasn’t all that great yesterday and still the most diverse and progressive candidates won where they needed to! Transgender folks won. African Americans won. Latinas won. In Virginia…in the south… in the north… in middle America…and on the west coast. Last night ALL Americans won–black, white, brown, red, LGBT, straight, immigrant and native,…
Read MoreMy Tenth Book Will Make Itself Known to Me SOON
My ninth book (Become Shamelessly, Fearlessly YOU: How to Stop Hiding in Plain Sight) isn’t even out yet (that should happen by mid-November), but it’s finished except for the cover, so now I’m expectantly awaiting the arrival of the tenth topic worthy of an entire book. For me, the process goes like this: I begin…
Read MoreDivine Messages, Divine Messengers
When it comes to divine messages and divine messengers, I have more than my fair share of incidents to ponder. The most recent happened just two nights ago. Here’s the back story and the story: I’ve been watching The Antiques Ghost Show, a British program that has an English psychic “read” the heirlooms of various…
Read MoreIndivisible Puyallup Hosts “Get To Know Your Transgender Neighbor”
Last night I attended a small gathering of people who wanted to find out more about transgenderism. The moderator was a cisgender conservative Christian woman who decided to befriend two gender queer individuals to find out more about their lives and concerns. What she learned opened her eyes in a lot of ways and elicited…
Read MoreMy Ninth Book is Almost Ready!
I wrote my ninth book, Be Shamelessly, Fearlessly YOU: How to Stop Hiding in Plain Sight to serve as a riveting, powerful nudge in the right direction. I live with two stark reminds in full view: a compelling commentary about “the dash”–that little mark on tombstones that signifies someone’s lifetime by separating their date of…
Read MoreMiles 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…
Read MoreMy “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…
Read MoreUBUNTU: 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…
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