Like more than five million others, I’m an American abroad. Except for a brief window of post-COVID sanity from 2022 to 2024, for the last ten years, I’ve lived in an emotional space that spans the chasm between gratitude and guilt. I know I’m not alone. I don’t presume to speak for anyone else. Like…
Tag: politics
It’s the Hope that Kills You
I am the lone female in a house of males. There are times this works to my advantage, like when I need someone to carry my overstuffed suitcase or reach a jug I’ve stashed on a tall shelf. There are other times when being Hannah Solo is a lot harder. Like now, on the eve…
‘Twas The Week Fore Election
Twas mere weeks ’til election, when all through the landThe people were voting by mail and by hand; The ballots were mounting in state after stateCast after four years of interminable wait; The voters were spilling out into the streetsWith the tongue taste of 2016 still bittersweet; And Kamala in her Chucks, and Liz with…
Not Today, Night King. Not Today.
SPOILERS BELOW: Women’s roles, in literature and cinema, as well as in life, are more often about mending wounds than inflicting them. But sometimes, just sometimes, popular culture gets it just right. **** Take what I have to say with a grain of salt. I’m not a GoT super fan. I haven’t read the books….
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 