*Disclaimer:  I really try to stay away from the ever ugly politics and religion.  I really do.  Today I just feel compelled to have a conversation.

My intention is NOT to upset or hurt anyone; honestly…I’m all about love, tolerance and peace.  I wish we could just learn to use the correct words.

So a strange ‘thing’ happened at the grocery store the other day.  In front of me, walking in the door was a woman in full burka…

As a young girl and a member of the girl scouts we went on a field trip to sing Christmas Carols at a place called “Byberry”.   Byberry was the Philadelphia State Hospital for the mentally insane. It was the darkest, most frightening place and left an impression on my young mind that I still cannot shake.

Not that long ago, as a society we locked our crazy people away, far away from all.  We put them in asylums to never be heard from again.  This practice in most cases subjected our…

Of all the new fangled electronic gadgets to choose from this past holiday season it would have been difficult to go wrong when selecting a gift for the writer in your life.

When I attended high school in Bucks County, Pa.  in the 70′s {yikes} we had a class called typing.  I hated that class.  Not the best class to hate if you were an aspiring writer.

My grades were excellent in English, Math, History, Science and Health.  When it came to typing I just could not do it…the…