As much as I love celebrity gossip I have surprised myself by not voraciously following the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial unfolding in a Virginia courtroom. I have — shudder — gotten older and maybe slightly more mature and lost some of my appetite for it. Moreover, it…

“There aren’t two sides to a lie”, tweeted Richard Stengel former editor of Time magazine and former Under Secretary of State in the Obama administration. I don’t know if life changing is hyperbolic but what isn’t hyperbolic is that I felt something shift within me as I read that tweet…

Even in the midst of its horror, the world, in its funny and infinite ways, reminds us that it also never fails to surprise and delight. Yesterday, was one of those surprising and delightful days when it was announced that a deal had been struck between two of the major…

Vladimir Putin is a demonstrable mad man. He has demonstrated his cruelty throughout his reign and made clear that there is no depth to which he wouldn’t go, if only provided the opportunity. Putin has now received his golden opportunity in the form of a Western hemisphere in a precipitous…

To the little one who has shown me big and important things, thank you. — I’ll just put it out there up front that the dog in the title of this piece is Charlie — my dog — and the Mom, as you have likely deduced by now, is me. That being said, I hope this can in some form or fashion apply to you…

Lately, I have been feeling an unnamed ache. It is not physical, but it is present, and it is more than understandable. It is because it is impossible to look at the fractured state of our world and not feel impossibly sad about all that has been lost. I got…

This weekend the Christian faithful all over the world will celebrate Easter. Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension from the dead. During this holiest of weeks as many reflect on Jesus’ ascension, I find myself reflecting on George Floyd. I am reflecting on the video that so clearly reflects George Floyd’s…

The other night I was lying in bed reminding myself that I am still a human person with a beating heart. So, pretty usual fare for a Wednesday night. Especially a Wednesday night in a pandemic in which we have all, in one form or fashion, been isolated and living…

This year I decided to be a little crazy indulgent and treat myself to a subscription of my favourite flower: ranunculus. I figure we’ll be somewhat at home a while longer, a local farm grows them, and looking at these ruffled beauties from March through June will bring me incomparable…