digital.vpr.net Here in Northern California, the weather has been freakishly hot. As in, bizarrely hot. The kind of heat you get in Phoenix, not in Napa. Temperatures so high they ignite conversations among strangers, who conclude by admonishing each other to…
pbs.org Here in the USA there is a general sense that our society’s foundations are buckling. The girders supporting the very agreements that make us, well, us, are popping rivets right and left. Arguments that we thought had been put to rest long ago,…
My husband and I just saw Wonder Woman at our little local gem of a movie theater in St. Helena, Cameo Cinema, And this might be my shortest blog post ever, but having seen the film I just have to take some…
slate.com It’s a Friday afternoon and I’m sitting in my office at the middle school. Across from me sits a mutinous sixth-grade girl who has all she can do to keep from interrupting me. I explain to her, once again,…
I invite you on a journey, my friend. I can’t say how long it will be or how far; it could be into realms so distant there is no measuring, or it could be just past the end of your…