If you’ve been a reader of this blog, it will be no surprise that I’m in the camp that’s happy Biden won. I am also keenly aware that nearly half of our country feels as bereft and depressed as I did when Trump won 4 years ago. I am saddened by this divide.

I think the bigger question is how does America get off this seesaw. Is the political rift so deep and irreparable that we really need to figure out how to become two countries?

Or is there a way back to civility, reasoned discussion, politicians on both sides of the aisle who can compromise for the good of the country and fact-based news instead of info-tainment, so that we can […]

… would be stricken from the hard drives of all computers. Any type size less than 12 px would be illegal. Punishment would be swift and fair. Abusers would immediately find themselves needing +2.75 magnification reading glasses in order to be able to read.

What is it with Web and Blog designers? Are they all 10-year-olds with 15/15 vision? Many of the font sizes I come across on different sites are smaller than the type used in ad disclaimers used for the “fine print.” Please, people, looks are one thing, but if we can’t read it–I’ll speak for myself–if I can’t read it without straining my eyes, I’m outta there.

We’ve come to live in a complicated, splintered world where not all realities are shared equally anymore. For instance, in this age of Trump, one can choose the option of “alternative facts.” The divisiveness that is happening in this country (and around the world) is like nothing I’ve seen in my lifetime. As someone who works hard at being clear and living a spiritual life, this is more than disconcerting.

At least in the US, the generally accepted practice has been that one should neither discuss politics nor religion in polite company. While there’s a problem with that view as well, it wasn’t based on fear; fear […]

In some ways, this time we’re living in hasn’t really changed my life at all. Once a hermit, always a hermit. Yes, I really do like being alone. Really.

But with Andrew and Cait home full-time, I find myself watching more TV with them than I usually would.

And I guess it would be no surprise either that I have somewhat eclectic tastes when it comes to what I can actually sit through, which eliminates gratuitous violence, anything with a laugh track, anything that requires fiddling with the volume because the music is played much louder than the […]