Staying in the Comfort Zone

Time for confession time again. This one is a doozy, so sit down and be prepared. Oh, wait, don’t think it’s something awful, just dumb sounding.
When I was in my first year of law school, exams were terrorizing. This was a new realm and the usual rules didn’t apply. Law exams are unlike any other [...]

I’m Part of the Most Destructive Force in America!

I can report that there are no swat teams surrounding the meadow and no bull horns calling me to come out with my hands up. I woke up, you see, to find that I am part of the “most destructive force in America.” In a word, I am a feminist.
Indeed, I am the cause of [...]

It’s America, What Can I Say?

The Contrarian and I are TV watchers. Most of you, who read regularly, know that. From 7pm until 10:30 we are watching something.
I say that with a certain mixture of guilt and defiance. I neither condemn nor congratulate those who watch none. There are good reasons for rejecting it in part at least, and good [...]

Our National Shame

There is another of those free health care clinics being conducted in MeriKa today. This one in Houston. It is a one day affair, unlike the last one in Los Angeles which went over four days, and saw some four thousand people.
This one will hope to see two thousand. As is the norm, no questions [...]

New Beginnings

As I’ve mentioned, the last couple of weeks have been filled with Genesis for me. A deep immersion in the first creation story, looked at through several different lens, produces a story that only adds to my awe and wonder at those who constructed this amazing text.
For at least two hundred years, it has been well [...]

It’s the Caffeination, Stupid!

“Boy, you sure made the coffee strong this morning, dear.” This as I yawn and peer through lidded eyes at GMA. “I don’t know that it’s any different that usual,” the great one replies.
“Well it was falling out of the grinder when I lifted off the top, so I knew it was gonna be strong,” [...]

Autumnal Moments in Time

If I haven’t mentioned it lately, life is hectic. Our library re-opening is Sunday, and there is a flurry of e-mails zipping back and forth as we get things together. Months of work are nearing fruition. Hundreds of books cataloged and stamped, filed and stacked.
We were blessed with a huge donation from a past rector [...]