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The Dirty Blonde of the Desert
What started out as an attempt to show my friends that lean left of center on environmental issues that I too had a soft spot for the trees and vegetation that is around us, turned into a small medical emergency. For far too long I have been silent when it comes to…
Living Groundhog’s Day
The movie, the one with Bill Murray bearing the title, epitomizes in far too many ways the lives that we live. We get up in the morning, turn on the news and to our surprise we will see some variation of this headline, “The Left Hates the Right, the Right Fights…
How to Find Purpose in the Death of a Dream
Do you dream as big as you once did? Of sailing around the world, of finding a cure for cancer or of writing the next great novel? Or are your dreams getting smaller and now miniaturized versions of those from the past? Even worse did your dreams become a casualty of…
Unfinished Business
There was something that was missing, unfinished business, that stands to be corrected. Sunday night came and went. But nothing, I was at a loss, not by the unfolding of the political events that had transpired in the two days prior, but by the angst and the fury that…
How to Keep Our Dreams Alive
Most people never chase their dreams and even fewer dare speak of them. We may share them with those closest to us, but to pursue them, that’s different. Pursuit is an action that is public nature, open to the scrutiny of others. Most of us would prefer to hold our…
Grace Abounds – This Golden’s Rule
It abounds, grace – Grace abounds. Have you ever heard of that expression? We all know what grace means, especially when we need it. We think of mercy, a pardon, or a temporary reprieve from experiencing the consequences of our actions. Like the last time I ruined yet…