As I push back in my favorite armchair and read, I begin to hear the words rustling across the page in full surround sound: ‘Why does this written doe bound through these written woods? For a drink of written water from a spring whose surface will xerox her soft...
Are you caring for someone – perhaps an elder – who is seriously ill? Do you look after a disabled son or daughter? Perhaps you’re in the ‘sandwich generation,’ raising children while you worry about and care for a parent? If you answered yes, you’re already in the...
The world as we knew it a few weeks ago has been turned on its head by the invasion of the alien virus we call COVID-19. Normal activity has ceased over much of our globe; for a very large majority, being told to stay in place where they are and off the streets is...
I sipped my morning coffee and browsed through the news, social media and emails. Spain declared an emergency and locked down. The situation was still dire in Italy. Testing was woefully inadequate in the US and published numbers were the tip of the iceberg. Toilet...
An eight-year-old boy clutches his ball looking forlornly around the schoolyard at the other children playing, talking and calling out in small groups. People moving by a young woman walking along a busy sidewalk are unaware that she hasn’t spoken to anyone in four...
