Here’s one of the things I’m good at. Seeing the other side. I do it in many of my pieces about women’s rights…especially when it comes to advocating legal and safe abortions. I’m going to try it again, here. This is me, playing devil’s advocate, tongue-in-cheek style. Let’s just asssseeewwwwwwwme that the censure of Michigan […]
Still Measuring Success…
Ah, Summer. Poets wax philosophical about thee. Children long for thee. Lawns turn brown in thee. I capitalize thee. Facebook blows up with graduation and prom pictures upon the arrival of thee. And now, I shall stop calling thee “thee.” Last June, when I was just a baby blogger, I wrote a post for Catonsville […]
Time to Go.
To the Editor of Time Magazine, Rather than play into the outrage you so transparently tried to provoke, I shrug my shoulders. Rather than blog about the unfairness and insensitivity of your cover, I leave that to others who have done so with far more aplomb than I could. Rather than read the firestorm of […]
Stranger Danger – Part Deux
Before I began blogging, I wrote a Facebook note about my experiences with “stranger danger” – first as a child, then as a parent. Yesterday, I met my local Patch editor for lunch and to catch up. We talked about lots of things, but among them were a bunch of ideas I had for future […]
Mommy Wars, Cadillacs and Etch-a-Sketches
Oh, for the love of Pete. Okay, I am not a news junkie – nor am I an expert on anything other than being minimally overscheduled. I just really need to vent here. Bit of a tantrum – sorry in advance. Hillary Rosen and the dubiously-named “Mommy Wars?” Eager to pounce on the slightest misstep, […]
Reblog – “In Their Corner”
I wrote this last May after hearing about an absolutely horrific, avoidable car accident in which several teenagers (one of them was an acquaintance’s niece) lost their lives. Some of them, slowly. I’m reblogging it because Spring Break is upon us, and after that, Senior Weeks, Prom season, then graduation parties. Catonsville Patch re-ran it […]
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