On June 19 I was cruising down a ramp onto I-88 when in front of me burst a roaring display of fireworks over Rosemont’s skyline.…
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Common advice to therapists: When you work harder than your client, therapy has stopped. I had to remind myself this week. In retirement, without clients…
A woman I’ll call Myra says, “I don’t do enemies.” The idea started when she was barely taller than a yardstick. Her parents yelled at…
The winds are picking up. I can’t see through the hair in my face. Every half-dead twig in my locust tree has been slapped off…
“The past,” said the minister, “must not be a roadblock to the present.” Immediately I thought, ‘Great Again.’ It is easy to forget, in the…
Here’s the problem. An ordinary White person happens to sit beside an ordinary Black person in a public space. The White person notices the two…
On the road today, I spotted a giant van marked Disaster Response Team. Rust-orange letters on a pure white background. Can I dispatch that to…
From childhood, to marriage to politics, the idea of Other as enemy creates war. In war, victim and perpetrator are both casualties.
“I’ve lived in Aurora all my life, and I never knew all that was going on.” My old friend Ruth cornered me to say how…
The essence of sports lies not in winning but in mastery and personal growth. Children thrive on skill development, while some adults focus too heavily on competition. Coaches should inspire teamwork and personal achievement instead of fostering divisive rivalries.