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Pods, Pods, Pods

I've been thinking a lot about pods lately. All kinds of pods. Pea pods, to be sure, since the harvest is in and mounds of fresh veggies are available. Pod people from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Some days I think pod people have taken over the airways....

#ARoomofOne’sOwn

Let's face it. We are spending more time in our homes than in offices or other places of work. We use our own space, our own toilet paper, our own food. We will be looking for new uses for the space we currently occupy. By that, I mean, we look for places we can set...

#BackToSchool

By the end of July, I'd be anxiously looking forward to the first day of school, usually Tuesday after Labor Day. I know I'm weird, but I loved school. Meeting friends. New teachers. New subjects.My mother would let me pick out two new outfits. Only two, because we...

#StayHomeAndRead

Like most of us, I've been doing a lot of reading and writing lately. My most recent book was Heath Hardage Lee's A League of Women about the wives who refused to stay silent while their husbands were captive in Vietnam. These women. who were raised in...

A Rerun of a Classic

'Twas the Night Before Deadlinewith apologies to CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE 'Twas the night before deadline, when all...

#Election2020

If you're like me, you've had it up to here with all the election noise clogging the ether. Vote for my guy. Your guy...