Category Archives: personal

Happy Birthday, Americans. I am happy to be alive in a country still bristling with opportunity and still a shining a powerful light seen by the oppressed and the oppressors everywhere. Continue reading →

Last week was one of the scariest in my life, and that of my darling child. We went to Mayo Clinic because it was thought spinal cord and perhaps brain surgery would be needed very soon. Short answer: no to both! Continue reading →

I’m in Rochester, MN with one of my children. Said child has spina bifida and is facing tethered cord surgery. As a bonus our precious one also gets to face brain surgery. Some folks have all the luck.  An annual MRI … Continue reading →