This is what I looked like ten years ago this week. I was thinner than almost any other time in my adult life. My hair looked great. My then-husband and I and our three dogs were living in a nice four-bedroom house and had two cars. And I’d been waiting for seven months
Category: Nonfiction
False Gods
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Let’s be honest. We’ve all worshipped another god at some time in our lives. Maybe it’s the god of money or power or prestige. Maybe it’s the god of parenthood… Continue reading False Gods
What Helen Thomas Taught Me
I was a newspup, just twenty-four and working the night shift solo at United Press International’s Sioux Falls, South Dakota, bureau in October 1980. You couldn’t have told me I was young then, though. I’d been on the job for two-plus years and considered myself a
Something Greater than the Temple
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It’s been an interesting time for a number of my friends and me. New jobs. New babies. New relationships. New adventures in