For I was young, I missed the draft by some years. I still don’t know the direction I would have chosen. I’m not sure that, even now, the old hatreds aren’t still left unanswered for some that lived through that era. Funding for the VA, which should be robust given the promises made seem to…… Continue reading Is Life so gifted now to me?
Category: Thought
Winter
I find myself discouraged with the world, whether the politics and war in Ukraine, or the politics here at home where I appear to be living in Ray Bradbury’s fahrenheit 451 with the conservatives defining reality by objecting to that which they don’t like. Even going so far as to impose a life sentence in…… Continue reading Winter
Passover
As I’m Jewish I have no comment to make on Easter other than to give my empathy to my Christian friends and neighbors for their loss. They too cannot join together in prayer on this most sacred of Christian holidays and that is truly a pity. Passover is a holiday of redemption. Where one looks…… Continue reading Passover
On Depression
I’ve mentioned, at least in passing that I suffer from depression. Depression has been a constant companion of sorts as I’ve traversed my journey. Of course it was probably there from the start and barring some amazing advance in the healing arts at the end too. Some years ago my therapist suggested pushing back on…… Continue reading On Depression
Wrapping our lives with meaning
Ah, I struggle with this. I fear to be lying in a bed with a morphine drip waiting to pass, and thinking of what might have been. I write this having already worked a career—you’d think that would be enough. But it isn’t enough because there are ( I hope ) some good years left…… Continue reading Wrapping our lives with meaning
Bad Dreams
I don’t know where they come from. Perhaps they’re part of the communal transgender zeitgeist, a pulse we all feel where ever we are like an extended organism. Thrummm, Thrummm, it goes on and it occasionally crossed by a disturbance, a ripple in the fabric. Are these the sources of my anxiety? Is this why…… Continue reading Bad Dreams
Yom Kippur
It’s now a couple of weeks past. It left a better feeling for me, as I had arranged to sit with someone. Planning a little can go a long way. Still, there are these disquieting moments in my life, and not particularly at temple, where I don’t necessarily feel entirely welcome. Not often but not…… Continue reading Yom Kippur
Bio Sex and Reality
Drives me really nuts. There are all these people who ask these questions that include the terms biological female or male as if it were a real thing. I thought I’d get it off my mind along with some information about genes and get to sleep. As an added plus I can cut and paste…… Continue reading Bio Sex and Reality
Has the Show “New Girl” Jumped the Shark?
Here I am, far afield. I’m no media critic, but I am a long time fan of the show New Girl. I’ve always enjoyed the main character played by Zooey Deschanel. I sometimes wonder if she started the style of light wing back glasses we see a lot of these days. The writing until last season…… Continue reading Has the Show “New Girl” Jumped the Shark?
Living in a state of gratitude
Oh, I have my days. Days I don’t want to smile or get out of bed, put away dishes and hardly want to make the effort of getting food for sustenance. We all do, short sighted days where our lives consist of a small box and we’re sitting in a small corner kicking our heels…… Continue reading Living in a state of gratitude
My Gifted Life 