Category: Politics
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The Perfect World We Do Not Have
If I could stand up and say This Is My Right and receive in response agreement on that statement from all who consider it, then I would never need to explain or fight or beg. In this perfect world of…
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Combating Chaos
Too much is happening too quickly, and every day I feel sucked into the chaos. This is a bad time to be a worrier. On Friday evening into Saturday as the effects of the new president’s travel ban became apparent,…
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Anatomy of Power
Women whom I’m friends with on Facebook post photos of other women dressed in vagina costumes at the Women’s March. So embarrasing! A disgrace! How to explain this to their daughters? * * * My girl only recently learned how…
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In the Gooey Center
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the title of this blog, Between. How apt this word is to describe what’s missing in most discussions about anything of relevance. How appropriate this word is to explain what I’m most interested…
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Election Aftermath
The past ten days have been rough. I have never before cried because of an election result, but I have cried multiple times since Hillary Clinton conceded. My body aches from the stress it is now holding. It has been…