Note to CNN: Gary and Tony Have a Ch...

It was so interesting to watch the latest installment in CNN‘s In America documentary series.  “Gary and Tony Have a Baby” is the story of two men who choose to enlarge their family by...

Note to Garrison Keillor: Chillax!!...

??????? Image via Wikipedia I really was planning to stay out of the Garrison Keillor blogfest; I always knew he disliked UUs, and I only listened to Prairie Home Companion when I was trapped in a car,...

I Used to Read Your Blog….

Image by boky1 via Flickr and then you stopped blogging.  What happened to you??? Yes, I know.  Life happened.  Church happened.  Teenage children happened. Most importantly, hackers happened! The...

Remembering Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt died yesterday, and much of New York mourns him, including my own household.  I first met Frank more than a decade ago, when we were on several panels together at the Key West Literary Seminar...

Thank You, Susan Boyle!

Dear Susan— You don’t know me, and until yesterday afternoon, I didn’t know you. I was tired, cranky, discouraged about a host of burdens weighing on my heart. Between meetings at church, I signed...