This is written from Minneapolis, city of George Floyd’s murder, where I live. It’s the site of a shameful, inexcusable crime by men who were sworn to protect, and it wasn’t our first unjustified police killing of a Black person by any means. But...
If You’re Raised by a Nonconformist to be a Nonconformist and It Works, Does That Make You a Conformist? Because, you see, you’re doing what you were brought up to do, what is expected. First responses to this question ranged from confusion (“Yes,...
If you didn’t grow up speaking Arabic (or possibly Persian or Turkish), you’re probably not familiar with the phrase, “There’ll be apricots in the morning.” While this might sound delightful, especially if you like apricots, it’s...
Dear Tabby, I live in a three-cat household, and I’d like to speak of us objectively, not revealing which one is ME (OW). My question: Are cat beds a DRUG? If so, can they break up cat families, even though, in the moment, they are so soft and warm? So...
Happy Mother’s Day to All! Halycon Sage doesn’t know who his mother is for reasons you’ll find in the book. But here’s my mother. The writing on the back says, “Little Miss Goodie Two Shoes,” and you can see how adorable she was....
“So tightly wrapped and profoundly structured that I’m sure I missed at least 14 significant clues as to the REAL meaning of the narrative!” – a Reader In approaching the publication of the sequel SQUID!!, it has come to our attention that posting mostly...
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