When I read Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley, I kept thinking, this is a man I would have enjoyed hanging out with. You know how people sometimes ask you to name three famous people living or dead you’d like to meet, I’d probably have him on my list.  I may not have agreed with all his politics, but […]

My heart may not bleed, but I see Che as depicted in The Motorcycle Diaries as my kind of leader. He’s one who serves those he leads. I like to think of myself as a servant leader, a term I learned from a friend who was big into her church.  She told me what she […]

My one experience riding a motorcycle was a dirt bike my boyfriend owned in high school. Of course my mother forbade my riding on it. She knew it would be futile to forbid me to date the wretched boyfriend, but she could hold onto her illusions about the motorcycle thing.
I have to say, it’s always […]

My Halloween tradition had me paying tribute to the late Farrah Fawcett this year. I had the perfect shirt in my closet already. I just needed a wig. Of course I didn’t own any jeans that weren’t oversized or holey, but I needed to remedy that situation anyway. So I took off work on a […]

When the postcard came in the mail with the word, “Islam,” in huge print, I was intrigued. The local Islamic center was holding an open house to invite non-believers to learn more about their faith. It was an outreach program designed to dispel myths and open up conversations with a predominantly Christian community.
If it was […]

After working a twenty hour weekend, I can’t seem to get my priorities straight. Do I write a blog entry to keep up my weekly goal (yes, obviously)? Do I exercise to keep from getting stressed and flabby? Do I wash the laundry that’s piled up over the last two weeks? Do I pay my bills? […]

Every week day I drive east in the morning, heading for the gold towers along Dallas’s Central Expressway. I park my car in the garage and head for the elevators. Now, I don’t see a lot of road rage or impatience on my drive to the office. It’s a nice three-lane road, the lights fairly […]

I bought myself a new car this weekend, and I’m selling the old ‘93 Accord to my brother so his daughter can have her own ride as she turns sixteen next week. It’s kinda special because that car is as old as she is. It’s also as reliable and sensible as she is, and I […]

So I’ve got wretched allergies, right? And I’m really bad about going to the doctor.  It’s more because I hate making phone calls than I hate going to the doctor, and I think more doctors should do online scheduling, but that’s another story.
My eyes were itching and watering for three months before I finally decided […]

I was all ready to talk about comparisons between migrant farm workers and the Jewish diaspora, but I just need a break, a nice clean rest stop along this extended highway. Life’s little dramas always come in waves, and we’ve been splashed.
OK, enough with the mixing of the metaphors. Yesterday, we said bon voyage to a friend who […]