Yes, I know the word espionage is now fully engaged in terms of Yam Tits. And yes, I know the GOP has gone hear-a-pin-drop quiet. But while the speculation rolls on and the pundits parse the warrant, there are still myriad other events roiling around us. Namely Coliopox. Covid-Polio-Monkeypox For…

Years back — Jesus, I hate being able to type that — YEARS BACK, when Trump was beginning his assault on decency, humanity, civility, I shook my head. …

I have been absent from this space for many weeks now. I have been, and continue to be, toiling at my in-laws — getting them settled into their new care facility, prepping their home for sale, cleaning, thrifting, laboring daily. Seven weeks so far. …

“I am so mad.” That was my husband as I got into bed last night. We had each seen the leaked Supreme Court document earlier. “Try being a woman.” I snapped back. “Every fucking breath I take is legislated by men. No one legislates a thing about YOUR body.” Yes…

It may have been done in a metal tube at 30,000 feet, but it was the announcement heard round the world. Yesterday, in a ruling by 35 year old Trump appointed federal judge, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, the federal mask mandate for public transportation was struck down. Mizelle, neither a public…

That title above, those words, met my ears only one minute ago while watching another episode of Call The Midwife on Netflix. And in those seven words, I found my way here to type what has been tangled in my brain for a while now. There is so much not…

I have never been an Oscars aficionado. It’s never been a clear-my-schedule, must-see-TV night for me. I follow along on Twitter as awards are handed out and spend some time the following morning perusing the red carpet pics to see the dresses. Last night was no different.

We are, without a doubt, the most petulant of societies. If countries were ranked by the maturity levels of their populaces, we would place at the level of toddler-denied-a-handful-of-Goldfish-so-shits-its-pants-during-tantrum. We always knew the idiot contingent existed in this country — racists, white supremacists, anti-vaxxers, anti-sciencers, flat earthers, climate change deniers…

Trainspotting. In its oldest meaning it is a term having to do with, literally, train spotting. Noting distinctive characteristics. In the 80’s it bubbled up as a British colloquialism having to do with obsessing over one thing — a sport, an actor, a characteristic. In 1996, a movie by the…