This is How I Roll

Writer’s Rant- Special Edition Today, I wear my heart on my sleeve as I am commissioned into the Stephen Ministry. I learned of this program years ago when I myself was going through some difficult times and a friend suggested I seek out a Stephen Minister to...

Don’t Take My Pronouns Away

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, is the greatest accomplishment.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). I’m sorry but I am confused. I don’t understand all these new pronouns, which aren’t really new by...

Money

Writer’s Rant for 1/23/24“The trick is to stop thinking of it as ‘your’ money.” (an IRS auditor). So if you haven’t figured it out yet, today I am thinking abut the upcoming tax season. It’s not fair. We go from the “Most Wonderful Time of the...

Who’s Driving the Bus?

Writer’s Rant for 1/20/24After retirement from my professional career, I got bored (before I began writing). So, I looked for part time jobs to occupy my time. I’ve had a few of them these past five years, including bus driver. First, I got my passenger...

Burdickii

Writer’s Rant for 1/17/24Growing up, I was both a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout. We lived in the western NY countryside, and had a “community” of houses around us. Not far away from our farm house was the “Community Center”. It was on a side...

Word Speak

Writer’s Rant for 1/13/24″Approximately 20% of the world’s population speaks English, with around 400 million people who speak it natively and an additional 1.5 billion who speak it as their second or foreign language.” English is not an easy...