Amputate My Freckled Bosom!  Make Me Bearded Like a Man! 

06.26.2022 __I have wanted, as did poet Mary Oliver, to keep a distance, always, from those who think they have Continue reading →

American Democracy: Slipping Away in the People’s Blood

06.19.2022 __ Recently, as I’ve been watching televised hearings of the January 6th Committee I was reminded by a friend Continue reading →

Women Who Think: May Their Presence Persist

06.o5.2022 __ “In the nineteenth century,” Adrienne Rich wrote in The Theft of Childbirth, “the educated woman was seen as Continue reading →

I, Too, Am Tired of Prayers and Moments of Silence

05.29.2022 __I remember two school shootings, both at The American University of Beirut (AUB), not far from my home in Continue reading →

Toni Morrison: Race Can Only Be Defined As a Human Being

05.22.2022 __Last week, on May 14th, a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in Buffalo NY was attacked by a shooter who Continue reading →

To Know the World As It Is

05.15.2022 __It was one of those sublime summer days; clear skies in Dublin NH revealing breathtaking views of Mount Monadnock Continue reading →

Embrace the Invisible, the Shrouded, the Non-Being

05.08.2022 __ “They made me invisible, shrouded and non-beingA shadow, no existence, made silent and unseeingDenied of freedom, confined to Continue reading →

Let There Be None to Make Us Afraid

05.01.2022 __ This past week, as the final days of Ramadan approached, I chose not to devote energy (and perhaps Continue reading →