"They paved paradise, and put in a parking lot" ~Performed by Joni Mitchell This summer, I got the disconcerting news that I was just a scootch away from getting diabetes. “Pre-diabetic” I believe is the term but, regardless, it got my attention. Again. I’d heard this off and on over the years as my weight … Continue reading Padding Across The Parking Lot – Part Two
"I always think there's a band, kid." ~Harold Hill, in The Music Man I don’t know much about revivals. Most of my information comes from the movies, like Elmer Gantry, but also from movies like The Apostle with Robert Duvall and Leap of Faith with Steve Martin. These are great films, though Elmer Gantry, with Burt Lancaster … Continue reading To Revival or Not to Revival, Just A Suggestion
“The mind divides, categorizes, analyzes, and defines. Our souls open, wonder, suffer, and love.” ~Gunilla Norris, Simple Ways: Towards the Sacred, p. 133 I am reverent when participating in communion, watching a baptism, or engaging in other rituals or rites. Weddings and funerals take me out of my cognitive self and place me … Continue reading Ritual
I love our country more than I can say. Our freedoms, quality of life, creative psyche, generous spirit, rich variety of culture and views make the United States a cherished home. But nations are political, humanly-defined constructions that change with circumstances, power, technology, demographics, economics, yes politics, and even bad luck. Sometimes they are affected … Continue reading Nurture Nature
"All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening." Alexander Woollcott New Expansions Games come with new expansions. This means that you still have the base game and then a lot of new content is built on top of the foundation. So, while you face new horizons, you are still … Continue reading New Expansions
"The social element has really transformed the gaming experience." Robert Kotick Adult Gamers I began playing online games in 2007, eleven years ago. At the time gaming was hit hard with a stereotype: loser, plays in mom's basement, male. Online games were for kids, snot-nosed teenagers who were toxic in their behavior. If any bad … Continue reading Adult Gamers
Yesterday, two events occurred which rarely do. First, a woman honked at us for taking “her” space in a busy parking lot and I waved my hand at her in a mocking way. Second, just a couple of hours later, I mouthed the words “A-hole”, as a young gentleman cut us off when we were … Continue reading Parking On the Back Forty
“I think Balanchine and Robbins talk to God and when I call, he's out to lunch.” Bob Fosse Mama Mia 2!: Choreography That is one long title; Mama Mia! Here We Go Again. One does not get an Oscar for choreography. The last time the Academy honored the dance world was in 1938. It was … Continue reading Mama Mia 2!: Choreography
Some mornings I reflect on what would seem to be innocuous matters, but which are not. The ordinary proves often to be the most humbling and thus, in the ordinary is often found the profound. Take sprinklers. In our former home, the sprinkler system was not, shall we say, up to par. Of course, we … Continue reading Sprinklers
"Big girls need big diamonds. Elizabeth Taylor Looking For My Movie Straight up: this is about A Little Night Music with Elizabeth Taylor. Not all movies are great. I get that. Some movies can be personal favorites even while having a low rating and you agree that it is a crummy movie. Take Roadie, for … Continue reading Looking For My Movie
The Profound Bartender 
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