Voice. Listen with intent. Speak simply.

  • FUTURE SHOCK

    I suspect I am in the throes of future shock..  It began about 2007, when my principal suggested I invest in an IPod for my music classroom.  That proved to be one of the most valuable teaching tips I ever received.  I carried at least 1500 sound bytes and songs around in my pocket. I…

  • Setting Up

    Have you ever been camping? One evening when I as a young child, some “old” friends of my parents came to visit. They were vacationing…camping!…at the state park near our home. We were all invited to join their evening campfire. I was hooked from the moment Dad parked the car. The aroma of the campfire.…

  • Bully

    Bully. Verb. To seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce someone perceived as vulnerable. It all began with the innocent play of young children at a neighborhood birthday party. The attendees, ranging in age from 3 year old preschoolers to upper elementary ages, were all from the surrounding neighborhood, so they knew each other fairly well.…

  • INVISIBLE

    I have been ruminating on an issue that has affected me deeply in recent years. In fact, I have been working on this particular blog entry for more than two months! The advent of the Pandemic exacerbated the problem of no longer being able to speak. Even though the worst of the pandemic over, at…

  • Miracle

    Some months ago, I wrote a piece about what I can do.  It was written from growing despair as I realized increasing limitations as a Parkinson’s patient…the incessant, inexorable downward spiral as this beast continues to drag me into its clutches.  By focusing on the things that I could still do, I could talk myself out of the doldrums.…