Yesterday, while keeping busy with the metering of note cards and greeting of Northerner's at the model homes in which I temporarily toil, I met two women. They were girlfriends in their 50's who left their husbands at home and were enjoying a week of sun and sand together. All seemed good as we engaged each other in conversation. They were both from Long Island, New York, which gave us an instant common denominator. (My mom is from New York and my parents live there again). Until the overt … [Read more...]

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always." -Mahatma Gandhi While loading the running car with the last of my things, checklist taunting my brain and airline tickets in my pocket, I returned to the house with the sound of the phone ringing. It was my dad, expressing concern about my flight leaving Laguardia … [Read more...]

I just love Dennis Kucinich. Maybe part of it is because he is familiar to me. I have heard his name since I was little, circa the 1970's, as a kid in Cleveland Heights. But I think it is more than that. To hear a person running for president speak his truth like he does, not fearful of how his words will "play out politically", not always strategizing every word for the corporate interests that he will (not) be serving once in the White House - these are the things I love about him. He is a … [Read more...]