Unpacking Project 2025: What’s Happening in Homeland Security?

Remember when the prep-election press started shining a flashlight on Project 2025? I say a flashlight, because it […]

Celebrate Graceday: A New Holiday for Kindness

Graceday! When is Graceday? Graceday is January 15. The middle of the darkest coldest month of the year. […]

Chicago’s Halloween 2025: A New Kind of Devil’s Night

Did you know that Halloween was almost banned in the 1920s? There got to be so much vandalism […]

Sydney Sweeney’s Transformation in Christy Movie

Another Monday, another Mystery Movie. We never know what we’re going to see, only the rating and the […]

Grandpa: a Lifelong Learner

Today’s WordPress writing Prompt: Describe a family member. Well, who should that be? There’s so many. And just […]

Exploring Science: The Endless Frontier and its Impact

I like to listen to NPR’s “The Middle.” This program is designed to “create a space that allows […]

Lessons from Uncle Gerald: Reflections on Life and Love

My Uncle Gerald passed away this week. He was almost 95. We knew it was coming. He was […]

Why _The Berry Pickers_ is My Top Book of 2025

It’s only the beginning of the third quarter of 2025, yet I’m pretty sure I know what my […]

Exploring My Favorite Hobbies: Writing, Reading, and More

What is your favorite hobby or pastime? What a question! How can I pick just one thing? There […]

Are Cleaner Skies Worsening Global Warming?

Every once in a while, something comes to my attention that makes me go, It’s common knowledge that […]