I have been a mother for 34 years. I have also been a godmother, a mother in-law, a room mother, foster mother and, on at least two occasions when I’ve encountered someone with an exceptionally foul mouth having a very bad day, a mother-rhymes-with-trucker. Mother’s Day is for me. I like to celebrate it by [...]
You can learn a lot in this old world if you just keep a few things open -- like your ears, and your mind and your heart and, maybe, if a special occasion calls for it, your wallet. We learned this yesterday when we wandered into Surfin' Bird in search of a really good skateboard. [...]
About a year ago, my friend Facebook asked me if I’d like to make our relationship FB official by creating a bitmoji. I played around with the idea very, very briefly and then declined. I don’t like to think that hard about what I look like. It’s kind of deflating. Ah, but Facebook is a [...]
Ever since COVID-19 first threatened our doorstep, I have been profoundly worried about passing a potentially deadly virus on to the vulnerable people in my life. I worried about giving it to my mom, my sister Kathy, my older friends and neighbors, and the relatives of the young people in my house. "If my grandma [...]
If you happen to be cruising past Houdini Plaza these days, you'll see a dozen examples of hope in this crazy world. One of them might even look familiar. A few months ago, Appleton's Public Art Committee sponsored a contest asking local photographers to submit images of hope. I submitted two photos, each of young [...]
