Such different writers, yet all (and so many others) have much informed me and will through these next few journalism/sociology/economics seasons of my so-postponed (life happens) own writing. I was reading Ehrenreich back in the old days, riding in car with my husband-to-be through breathtaking Hudson River valley. When Nickle and Dimed, her truthful, real, … Continue reading Barbara Ehrenreich, Mary Karr, Sylvia Plath, Joan Didion, Andrew Solomon, and Again, Michelle

I'm a registered voter in Texas, have a business in Texas, but will be away from the state on election day, to return, but for a while traveling for family reasons. But yay researching today it looks like I have every right to absentee vote for Beto. Texas voting laws make it way too hard … Continue reading Oh, Yay, Maybe Gosh Bless Texas

Update July 30, 2022. Just packed my Chic Simple clothing and home books, peaceful home book, from the 1990s and early aughts. Browsed through them before they went into moving box. Sigh. Decades ago but I still like simple style. Getting house in order. It's going really well and after being pretty sick (not, definately … Continue reading Clean Freak

I have no whining rights but as Derek Thompson, journalist at The Atlantic, has written, "Nothing Works". (The syndrome.) Whoa, what a mess. This list of tech problems has got so crazy. First mess up, WordPress. Totally wrecked my portfolio page and hours and hours and hours with those people, cannot yet get it fixed. … Continue reading OMG, Laptop And Online Hygiene

A few weeks ago, at last, I finally finished reading David Carr's memoir The Night Of The Gun. I'd always admired his writing. Even though he had aged, still could see his charisma in the film Page One (about the New York Times, maybe a decade old now, but a must-see for journalism geeks). (Admitted … Continue reading Memory

Here in Austin it's been so hot (not as hot yet as has been over my years here, but August is coming). But, still, one of my favorite things about Austin are the dramatic storms. When my son wasn't even walking yet, during morning rains we would take some time on the (covered) porch swing … Continue reading Just About The Best, Again

I was in Springfield, Illinois, that day in the eighties-some when a cabal of men in the state Capitol voted against the Equal Rights Amendment and effectively killed it. Like they just did not believe that women were people, as in "equal in their humanity" with men. Today June 24, 2022, that collusion of corruption … Continue reading Of Course This Was Coming

I'm not ready yet to write a fully thought-out ("blog post," my gosh, "blog post" seems so unserious, when much more deep thinking and research and activism about this crazy sick violent aspect of the United States already exists and yet it just gets worse). The empirical data is there. These effing politicians and those … Continue reading I Hate Guns

When only some lyrics from All Things Must Pass do the job right. My last few months have been a little trying...like for lots of people...but yeah, "all things must pass." Yup. We all (or maybe most) are dealing as we do. Who can compare multiple stomach-crunching losses and grief...we cannot. Comparisons like that make … Continue reading That Is Not What You Are Here For

Another sunny day in Austin. It is just a gorgeous morning. I'm doing spring cleaning today, a Sunday, daylight saving day, more hours of light, happy. Laundry, frig, floors, litter box, bathroom, trash, recycle (who does not know the housework). All getting freshened. Plenty of scented candles going, baking soda in the disposal. Carpet cleaner … Continue reading I Like It When It Clean