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$5 Summer Luxury Hacks
While summer in Arizona may be too brutal to be always enjoyed (I spend my share of afternoons sprawled on the sofa underneath the air conditioner), I still can’t quite bring myself to hate summer....
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Light Denied
Doth God exact day-labor, light denied? –John Milton I’ve been pondering these words a lot lately as a I deal with some challenges related to eyestrain. I’ve been having a hard time writing through...
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How I Gave Up On Weight Loss (And Found Hope In Being Healthy)
I recently went to the doctor to discuss some of the health issues I’ve talked about on here–the eyestrain being a major part of it. But apart from a few suggestions that I could have gotten from a...
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House Full of Ghosts
I live in a home full of ghosts. How convenient—the spinner of weird tales surrounded by the dead—but this is quite serious. I moved to this place over three years ago with nothing more than I could...
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Secular Sabbath: Taking Back Our Day of Rest
I’ve always felt pressured by the way some people phrase their questions about your weekend. On Friday afternoon, they corner you at the coffee pot: “Big plans for this weekend?” On Monday morning,...
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Walking Miss Daisy
When I met Daisy, a sweet-natured, anxious Jack Russell mutt rescued from the mean streets by a friend of the family, I hadn’t had a dog in many years. That’s not because I don’t like them, it’s just...
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The God of Microbes
For as long as I have had a real, conscious, committed spirituality, it has been the product of nature. I read once that the only time an atheist really runs into trouble, contrary to truisms about...
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Whitewashing for a New Era
I feel like I’m betraying a friend in writing this blog post. That’s ridiculous, of course. I have never met Tina Fey. But maybe because I’ve admired her work creating opportunities for women for so...
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Political Correctness or Polite Consideration?
I’ve been interested in the term “politically correct” for a long time. I remember when the word exploded into public discourse in the early 1990s, and how it became a jeering bludgeon for overly...
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In Memoriam William Randolph Patterson, 1921-2014
My grandfather on the right, and his elegant handwriting in the caption: “Rugged looking characters, ain’t they?” I am three. When it is bedtime, Papa tells me a story. Usually, by request, it is Jack...
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