Mother’s Day comes in May, but Earth Day is tomorrow on 22 April. This occasion recognizes our reliance on Mother Earth and the shared resources of the earth. And just like with Mother’s Day, we should celebrate that connection more than once a year. It’s easy to ignore the connection until something goes wrong—a drought forces…
I am going to Schenectady,NY to the Open Door Bookstore tomorrow to sign some of my (Award-Winning!) Books. The event is being publicized and one of my friends in Western Mass randomly listening to NPR on his way to work heard my name! What a thrill. I will still be taking my crutches, but I…
Last week, we watched, Fed Up, a 2014 documentary focusing on obesity, particularly in children. After viewing the movie, my husband asked, “Any surprises?” There were two. Here’s the first. I didn’t expect to see a cameo of my West Point classmate, Congressman John Shimkus R-IL. His face flashed by during a segment decrying the nanny state in the US. Without…
So I left my wonderful daughters, but I took my crutches (!) and headed to Austin Texas to the Independent Book Publishing Association’s (IBPA) annual Publishing University and Benjamin Franklin Awards. I have to confess the whole crutching through JFK and sitting on the plane was a bit grueling, but not only was my husband…
As a hospital chaplain, I would accompany physicians as they gave updates to patients and family members. Often, they used terminology that needed translation from medical to vernacular. On one occasion, I observed a neurosurgeon speaking to the family of a patient who had experienced head trauma in the motorcycle accident. The doctor explained that the patient’s…
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