It’s been a month. It has taken a month for me to compose my thoughts and write about my cousin Phyllis’s death - because it hurts. ...

It appears that Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, will soon be signing into law Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion after a fetal...

My daughter Adrienne, b. 1978; my granddaughter Juliette, b. 1998; me, b. 1947; and my first great-granddaughter, b. 2022 On this Mother's Day, 2026, I'm reflecting on motherhood and the lesson I learned about its true essence, several years after I had already become a mother myself. When my children were young, we had a blue-eyed, fair-haired cat the kids called "Kitten." I called her the Hell Bitch. She was surly to everyone who tried to be friendly with her except my mi

Today I watched a Tik Tok video, posted on a social media site, that contained a multitude of media clips from the 60s and 70s… threads.com/@george_schnell/post/DXaL5jcCpiO?xmt=AQF0Cwp0VwxK5qU4m4YpOYK9sSp6QWEmb1-pAeoXvyDrkwNs5S-71yK86E9G2Fsd7726GiWNhreads.com/@george_schnell/post/DXaL5jcCpiO?xmt=AQF0Cwp0VwxK5qU4m4YpOYK9sSp6QWEmb1-pAeoXvyDrkwNs5S-71yK86E9G2Fsd7726GiWNhreads.com/@george_schnell/post/DXaL5jcCpiO?xmt=AQF0Cwp0VwxK5qU4m4YpOYK9sSp6QWEmb1-pAeoXvyDrkwNs5S-71yK86E9G2F

Recently, in political conversation with close friends, upon my assertion that I am a liberal, two of my conservative friends said, "You are NOT a liberal!" Why? Because we all get along very well. Because we all agree that our love for each other surpasses the labels today's political milieu demands. But, yes, I am a liberal, for many reasons, but for one PREDOMINANT reason: I believe we human beings have an obligation to take care of each other. How does that play out,

Nobody told me about being old. Or maybe they did, and I wasn't listening. Why? Because being old was just not a part of my personal hopes and dreams. I fantasized a lot about being a wife, about being a mom, about having a career, about owning my dream home, even about retiring. But I didn't fantasize about being old...elderly...senior...over-the-hill...geriatric...long-in-the-tooth...etc. etc. etc. Being old, however, has completely changed my psyche, and I have daily th

With my grandson going to college this fall, we've been grappling with how to pay for it without his having to accrue heavy loan debt. As...

The last year I taught school was 1990, after which I served as a high school counselor until my retirement in 2012. I taught high...

In 1974, I interviewed with a high school principal for a job opening for a school counselor. After a short Q & A, including the...

Bullying, defined by Oxford Languages as to "seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)" has been around as...