Note: I’ve been taking a break from writing, mostly because Jim and I are binge watching Netflix’s The Crown series and History Channel’s Grant mini-series. Since both are ending in a day or two, I will begin to write new essays for the blog. Today, I offer an earring post which happens to be aboutContinue reading “Salt Lake City Earrings”
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A Simpler Time
A Memorial Day Remembrance–or should I say, in deference to the past, “A Decoration Day Remembrance” Zmmm—Zmmm—Zmmm—Zmmm: The sound never stopped. The only way to get away from it was to go to the far corner inside the house. But I didn’t want to go in because Dad was outside and I wanted to beContinue reading “A Simpler Time”
Idolatry and the Pandemic
Day 39: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Pandemic. Plague. Pollution. Poverty. And many more words that don’t start with “p” that describe some of the worst problems in our society: Corruption. Racism. Greed. Lust. Dishonesty. Idolatry. Idolatry? Not a word we use to describe anything in the world today, except, perhaps, in a metaphorical sense whenContinue reading “Idolatry and the Pandemic”
What’s Your Zip Code?
Day 37: Monday, May 18, 2020o 60624. According to the Chicago Tribune Sunday, May 17, that zip code has been hardest hit by two viruses: COVID-19 and death by violence. The feature article contained the stark, lifeless statistics, but it highlighted the story of one woman, a woman who had lost three sons, two toContinue reading “What’s Your Zip Code?”
Busy-ness, in the Time of a Pandemic
Day 36: Sunday, May 17, 2020 Life became rather busy the end of this past week. Since I’m retired and we’re still under a stay-at-home order here in Illinois, busy-ness seems rather impossible. I would admit, as many others my age have confessed to me during this time, that motivation to be productive is aboutContinue reading “Busy-ness, in the Time of a Pandemic”
Jesus in the 21st century
[Jesus] stepped down to become a human being, one moment the omnipresent Son, the next moment in the womb of a young woman. Jesus could have chosen to be born to any woman in any situation in any century, but he did not come as the son of a wealthy or important woman. He wasContinue reading “Jesus in the 21st century”
Death and Resurrection
Day 31: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 I’ve spent the greater share of the last hour crying—about death. Whose death, you might ask? No one’s, at present. Mine, at some point in the future—in the very dim, distant future, I hope. The occasion of crying about death, generally, and mine, particularly, was my reading of theContinue reading “Death and Resurrection”
Mother’s Day?
Day 29: Sunday, May 10, 2020 I decided to have children when I was 23. I was not married. I was not in a serious relationship with anyone at the time. I had said goodbye to my first serious boyfriend at the end of my junior year of college. He, as a senior, thought itContinue reading “Mother’s Day?”
A Graduation Insight
Note: This evening I share an essay I wrote in response to the prompt that I shared with my memoir class this week. Graduation, as strange as it will be this year, will be important and memorable to all graduates. The following are my memories. Middle Tennessee State University: December 2000 I stepped forward withContinue reading “A Graduation Insight”
Piping Plovers, Hot Dogs, and Psalm 41
Day 24: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Rose and Monty apparently made a date to arrive at Montrose Beach, Chicago on May 1 this year. They allowed themselves a bit of leeway—they might arrive separately any time between April 30 and May 2. And so they did. Coming from different directions, with no help from textingContinue reading “Piping Plovers, Hot Dogs, and Psalm 41”
A Myriad of Things 