A few days ago, my husband and I decided to partake in the pop culture event of Barbenheimer. We put on our black and pink and spent the day in the movie theater, first watching Oppenheimer, then taking a break to eat, followed by Barbie. …

Last week, US Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) introduced legislation to address the epidemic of loneliness in our country. Many on social media took to chastising the government for their own role in the issue-the closures of schools, workplaces, and places of worship for so long during the pandemic in many…

There’s been a shift in the framing of society’s ills. I’m sure it’s been going on for at least a decade, but since the pandemic, this change of public discourse has become more obvious. For a few years now, I’ve sensed something is different in the way the news and…

I’ve long had the habit of talking to the bees. It was something I’d been looking forward to during my time in California. Originally, I was supposed to return to the Big Trees in January, but my mother had some health issues and I needed to stay in Chicago until…

Today, for the first time since arriving back in California in early March, the sun was warm enough for me to have my coffee and pray with the bees. I’ve written about the importance of speaking with the bees in my life, and I’ve missed my time with them. Granted…

A month into my alcohol and social media free experiment, and conversation has been on my mind. Actually, it’s a lack of conversation that’s on my mind. Hmm, perhaps it’s better to say, it’s a lack of sober, deep, and meaningful conversation that’s on my mind. Let me explain, I’ve…

With the news of Elon Musk buying Twitter, the pros and cons of social media are yet again in the news. Depending on which direction you lean-right or left; those standing tall in the middle don’t matter-Musk’s intrusion on Twitter is either the worst thing that’s ever happened or the…

Winter is coming. It’s a phrase made popular by The Game of Thrones…but these days it means something else to me. For me, it represents the near future, a time when those who can tolerate the winter will move from the dry lands of endless sunshine to the places where…

When I was little, my parents took us to Old World Wisconsin, a living museum where homes from the Old World were set up to resemble little villages from times past. My grandmother was with us, and I remember her saying how she had been raised in a similar environment…