Rarely do I buttonhole people and tell them they just have to see something or read something. Here is one of those rare times: if the word “Chicago” means anything more to you than the name of a city in Illinois, then you must watch The Last Band on Stage.
Some years I like to tuck a holiday/winter poem in with my holiday cards. Some years I write a poem; some years it is written by someone else. No matter, I always like reading around to see what I can find. Today, a chilly and rainy day in early December, I found this one.
Some relationships are worth cutting out of your life. Trust me on this.
Some men need to hear and remember this! This post is a longer version of a tweet I sent out on Sunday via the Joss Group Twitter account (@thejossgroup.com). I am filing this in the Wisdom category on the blog here because it really is important. Do not use the word “chick” or “chicks” to refer to anything but baby chickens. Any other use of the words is demeaning. Full stop. Women are women. Chicks are baby chickens. The two…
As water takes whatever shape it is in,
So free may you be about who you become.
Jefferson is saying, in 1776, every American had the right to decide for themselves what will make their lives better and not be under the thumb of some old, rich, out-of-touch White guy living thousands of miles away. And, here, today, in the United States of America, this assertion is still a vitally important concept.
I am a big fan of the online and TV shopping enterprise QVC, and one of the hosts, Carolyn Gracie, said something on a show which really resonated with me. This summer I was watching a show where she was selling clothing for women, including (it being summer) several tops without sleeves, and she was busy showing them off, chatting all the while. She is business as usual, moving the clothing around on rack, talking about the colors, the fabrics,…
Today President Biden announced a major new program to eliminate the school loan debt of some people and to help make the debt load for others much easier! This is great news! I needed a lot of scholarship money and took out loans for my undergraduate degree at Bryn Mawr College. The college helped a lot with its own money, and I was a National Merit Scholar. But, I had to take out loans. Without them I could not have…
I have to admit there have been times in the last few years (talking about my life during these past few years of COVID) when I contemplated scenes from second half the 1997 blockbuster movie Titanic. Specifically, I mean the scenes where the ship musicians just play on while people are trying to get off the ship, and the situation is dire. For some, these scenes would seem idiotic. I mean, really, playing music with death and destruction all around?…