Archive for 2022

Remember the Refrigerator Trucks

On election day 2022, I was driving past Timber Lane Elementary, which doubles as a polling place. In front of the school along with the candidates’ political signs was a sign objecting to government mandates imposed during the pandemic. DOWN…Continue Reading →

Lessons from My Left Foot

Bunions and hammer toes: if you do not know what they are, count your blessings. Most people with these painful conditions blame their shoes. Women blame wearing high heels or other ill-fitting shoes, but these conditions are often hereditary. My…Continue Reading →

To Ukraine with Love

In the summer of ’09, my husband John and I took a train from Krakow, Poland to Lviv, Ukraine. When we arrived at the border between Poland and Ukraine, we had to get off the train in the Polish city…Continue Reading →