I’ve never thought that I was very political. I think that it was because I grew up in a household …
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A Love Letter to My Mother
Lately as I’ve been watching the US Women’s Gymnastics Championships, there have been P & G …
Allergy Met a Bear — Things that Benadryl Cannot Make Better
Thanks to having had a battery of allergy tests, I know that I’ve been diagnosed as allergic to …
The 5 W’s and H
When I was an English teacher, the first unit I taught my grade 9 students was short stories. We’d …
Platitudes as Attitudes
Recently, when I was part of very interesting conversation with a few other women, the topic of …
Complex Equivalents
In Neuro Linguistic Programming, there is a concept called ‘complex equivalents’. In very general …
What I Believe — one version
When taught Grade 11 University English, the first essay I had my students write was a personal …
Breaking Up is Hard to Do — Or Is It?
Consider that everything in life is really a metaphor for everything else. I can hear an English …
Rage. Sadness, Fear, and Guilt — these four
I’ve revisited a recent judging experience as I remember it. I hear myself apologizing for my …