54 Reasons We can do Better
There is no way to ease into the topic of homeless children in our community. You can only be blunt; no child should be without a consistent place to live. However, here we are with an estimated 54 Traverse City…
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The Terror Seems Unfortunately not Relatable
I lived abroad in Asia for many years while my husband worked for General Motors. I have written about some of the experiences and benefits we derived from living in Singapore, Shanghai, and Seoul. One sincere bonus of this life…
Sept. 11, 2001: Anniversary of clarity
My parents’ apartment is a time capsule. After my dad’s death in August, my brothers and I started sorting and cleaning out their cherished possessions. When you go through someone’s bedside table, you get a good understanding of what they…
Thank you, Barbie
I saw the movie Barbie when my dad lay dying in hospice. I went because I had promised my daughter, nieces, and sisters-in-law I would join them. Sitting in The Bay Theater in Suttons Bay at a matinee show, I…
What Would Jesus Say?
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, describes itself as a place of “Love. Churches display love of their neighbor, their enemy, their community and God’s people.” Except if you are a female. In…
TV News Method Acting Shouldn’t Fool Us Anymore
The neat thing about movie rolls staring method actors is we know their motivations and reasons for their dramatic transformations to play a character. They are acting to extremes to portray or dramatize a role. A troubling trend today is…
A Ticker to Tally the Violence, but Consider the Details
April is bringing more mayhem. More vile, ugly gun violence and more deaths of American children. A sentence that is tough to write. We are enabling this freakishly gruesome yet uniquely American phenomenon. Nowhere else in the world does this…
We Sanction Gun Violence; When Will We Say “Enough?”
Have you watched the body camera footage from the Metro Nashville Police Department showing raw video of this week’s school shooting in America? Bodycam footage from the Covenant School shooting is posted online where viewers can watch, firsthand, the events…
Sorry, Dad – salty language is here to stay
Recently, I was involved in, or rather witnessed, a conversation between my dad and one of our children that defines intergenerational differences. It started like this: We shared dinner and talked about experiences returning to work after COVID. This is…
It is the Year of the Groundhog in China
China just rang in the Lunar New Year. As a nation, they are stuck in a dark loop of the coronavirus, with this looking more like the year of the groundhog rather than the year of the rabbit. China is…