Utopia. Star Trek. SF Bay Area. Being a child of the 70′s.
I am a child of The Future. Don’t mistake that for me thinking that I’m somehow more advanced, or that I am misplaced in my generation. More that the surroundings and influences that were part of my...
View ArticleShame
When we are ashamed of something we don’t talk about it. It could be our own shameful feelings that we are hiding, or it could be the shameful feelings of other people. There are things we don’t talk...
View ArticleYour Beauty
I didn’t really want to write this. I’ve already written versions of this, over and over. I’ve even touched on it here in the past. But then someone did write about it, and they did it well. And I...
View ArticleShe’s Leaving Home
I’ve been very wrapped up in my kids’ stuff lately, and that’s put my mind very much on them, and noticing all the different things about them that are happening during their very exciting journey of...
View ArticleBe Brave, Be Heard
Something sort of weird happened on the way to sharing a picture for the #WeStandWithWendy campaign. A couple years ago my friend Lady Katza from Peanut Butter Macramé took a picture of her daughter....
View ArticleJust the Facts.
I’m going to say something here that is sort of unpopular right now among the people I know. Science is not the place to debate theology. Just quit it. Stop debating Creationists. Bill Nye, I love you....
View ArticleLet Them Eat Cake, pt. 2
Not that long ago or far away, I worked in a bookstore. It was good work. Intellectually stimulating in spots. Physically demanding in others. Emotionally satisfying most of all. It was good to help...
View ArticleClarity In the Checkout Lane
I was standing in the checkout line waiting my turn. Bored. Looking at the magazine covers rather than making eye contact with the other people in line. As you do. I was doing this, and something...
View ArticleDreams of Softness
Dear Children’s Authors, I need to make a plea to you. I’m a mother of twins you see. One boy and one girl. Now, many parent’s have girls and boys, but not as often do they have them at the same time,...
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