Yesterday was Mother’s Day here in the US, and I had a hard time with it. For some reason I kept dwelling on a particularly memorable Mother’s Day when…

My mother and father were married back in the 1950s. Dad had graduated from college a few months before and was ready to begin his Adult Life.
Mom? Well, Mom dropped out of school to get married. That’s what many young women did back in Mississippi in the 1950s. After high school, they…

You may have noticed when you comment on a blog, that a weird picture shows up next to your comment. But somehow other people get to have pretty pictures. I used to wonder why THEY got nice things and all I got was…

Like many Americans, I find myself profoundly shaken by the tragedy in Boston. We’ve had too many of these. Too many senseless deaths. I think this one hits home more than many because it could have been me…