O Mighty Crisis

"Doldrums Antidotes" 1) Antidote #1:   Get a good night’s sleep , which is exactly what I did the night of my previous post; when...

"Each Day So Long It Feels Like a Month" "Is the phrase 'Slough of Despond' from Harry Potter or what?" I holl...

"Lots of Landmines; No Metal Detector:  Part the Last" A few years ago, I tuned in to a documentary about life in the Alaskan bu...

"Lots of Landmines, No Metal Detector:  Part the Third" With each successive child, it becomes harder to keep World at bay. The...

"Lots of Landmines, No Metal Detector:  Part the Second" If that bitch, World, isn't open to negotiating with parents and in...

"Lots of Landmines, No Metal Detector:  The First of Several on This Topic" When a child is born, the parent enters into a decade...

"The Cookies Turned Out Pretty Well, by the Way" 'Twas holiday time. There, in a quiet, domestic scene, I baked molasses ...

"Protests Quashed" For once and all, I'm surrendering. I don't hate poetry after all. The issue in my early years se...

"Wherein This Becomes the Easiest Place for Me To Show Pictures To Family and Friends; For All Other Readers:  I Appreciate Your Forebe...

"A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer in Your Pants" At 7:47 a.m., there is the skitter of an elf hurtling toward th...