*** There is a house on your street that you pass everyday. As you drive by, your eyes always find that familiar face in the grass- a faded garden gnome sitting lopsided inside a circle of weeds. The house itself is ...

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I love this… A weak old man lay on his bed. There was little time before he was dead. A crowd of people surrounded him. Their faces all looked sad and grim. They all spoke to him, they held his ...

I recently won third place in Bethesda Magazine’s essay writing contest.  I thought I’d share this bit of motherly prose with you.  Published with the permission of my beautiful daughter, Sunny. ***   You know I get you, right? I ...

The World Isn’t Flat If only we were as intuitive as the ancient Greeks.  It is much easier to believe that the earth is round now that we can view it from space.  Distance offers objectivity and a clearer perception of ...