10 bits of advice for my college bound son

10 bits of advice for my college bound son

Only weeks stand between me and that dreaded college drop off date.  He only turned 18 in May!  Always one of the youngest in his grade, I now wish I had held him back. I want to watch him grow, and mature one more year. I want to make him dinner, and pick up his wet...
This is us, America

This is us, America

America has sold its soul for money. It’s been a quiet contract that has lurked in our shadows for a very long time. That insidious “Deep State” we hear so much about is not a group of specific people, it’s the darkness of humanity. It’s greed, fear, scarcity, and the...
A Love for Learning is a Love for Life

A Love for Learning is a Love for Life

I am researching colleges with my 16 year old son. At nearly 48 years old, I am in awe of this process. How I wasted my high school and college years thinking school was a means to an end. Thinking “I have to get good grades. To get into a good college. To get a...
Food Matters

Food Matters

Something to think about today. As our nations health continues to suffer, we respond in two ways. The food companies ALTER the food we eat (less fat, more fiber, skim milk, 93% lean, gluten free etc). And the pharmaceutical companies patent more drugs. Neither of...