Ranting
byI suppose this article is a rant. A couple of weeks ago, I finally received personal property that had been stored in the Midwest…
I suppose this article is a rant. A couple of weeks ago, I finally received personal property that had been stored in the Midwest…
Social media are filled with encouragement to ‘become aware’. There are all sorts of legitimate and genuinely urgent things about which awareness should be…
At the end of each year, I post an article about lessons I’ve learnt in the previous twelve months. Readers following my dubious ‘exploits’…
Many years ago, I was in a fish market in Chinatown. A woman came in to buy a fish, and pointed out the live…
As a writer, I’m always alert to the power of words. As a person with PTSD, I am acutely aware of the power of…
June is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, and I suppose, as a beneficiary of that legacy, I should chime in and make…
This is Mental Health/Mental Illness Awareness month, and I have a new friend on Facebook, a young lady who has led a very difficult…
When I began posting articles in 2014, I wrote an article called ‘Hello, Control! Are You There?’, in which I talked about issues of…
The poet Ogden Nash wrote the poem ‘Lucy Lake’, about a woman who had an incredibly upbeat outlook on things. She was what some…
September is Suicide Awareness Month, and many groups and organizations have increased their public visibility in order to discuss this very serious subject. Suicide…