Is this Privacy or Something Else?

It felt a bit creepy; walking up the outside steel and cement staircase to what I hoped would be my friend, Laurel’s apartment in Austin Texas. The winter sun was warming in spite of a cool breeze, but the building and the large complex felt cold and isolated. Though...

The Countries of Well and Ill

I almost finished my oatmeal this morning, a real achievement after nearly a week of visiting that other country Susan Sontag warned us about. Having dealt with difficult diagnoses and treatments in her own life, she suggested each person is a citizen of two...

Martin and Me

Our InterPlay troupe participated in several Martin Luther King celebrations this past weekend, which got me thinking about what my kids used to call, “the olden days.” I remembered the time I almost got to meet Dr. King in person.   Dr. King was scheduled to speak at...

The Ring

I was eleven years old the year my mother’s younger sister, our Aunt Dote, graduated from college.  As a World War II veteran, she took advantage of the GI Bill and, while working full time, completed her degree in six years.  She graduated second in her class, and my...

A New Paradigm of Partying

The calendar has turned from 2011 and the much-heralded year of  2012 is finally  here. Each New Year provides a chance to take a fresh breath and to begin anew, to mark together what is coming to an end and to welcome the year that’s just arriving. How we spend New...

TOUGH INTO TRIUMPH

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