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My guest opinion in today’s MN Star Tribune: America broke my heart. https://www.startribune.com/misogyny-amplified/601180359?fbclid=IwY2xjawGjhoVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfxS2ScokPK9Yj_9_j5RlSz8KtcW8kPmtwtEz6QnXe5Aj_0aORmRLw0UbA_aem_BO4b5PNQsOv2wLce3OFbcw

Have you seen the New York Times Top 100 Books of the 2000’s? Former Oz customers and friends still ask me about my favorite books, or what I’m now reading. I have a few questions about the NYT list, although … Continue reading →

If I were on MDI I would participate in a protest in front of the extremist Federalist Society’s co-chair Leonard Leo’s house in Northeast Harbor. He was instrumental in choosing three UnAmerican supreme court justices who overturned the rule of … Continue reading →

Writing fewer blog posts, more remiss paying attention to human-induced climate change. Sure, I worry about my grown kids’ future, my beloved grandchildren, and all of Earth’s children. What can I do? I ask myself. I write. I’ll tell you … Continue reading →

Are substitute teachers more dangerous than people carrying guns in public? Having just submitted a substitute teaching application to the State of Minnesota, which required a background check through finger printing and pages of questions about convictions for drug or … Continue reading →

 We’re in deep trouble. Discussing past historical horrors is horrendous in itself. Avoidance and lies only cause more trouble.     Consider the plight of my favorite Constitutional Amendment, the Fourteenth: “No state…shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal … Continue reading →

When Congressional greedy wimps didn’t do anything after Sandy Hook, I gave up on gun law restrictions. I couldn’t stand it. I’m old and couldn’t be sick to my stomach forever. This morning I heard a psychologist on NPR discuss … Continue reading →

Bees buzzing ferociously. Birds chirping, alighting from tree to tree. Buds popping up out of nowhere. Mosquitoes and black flies torment us later. We’re safe. I forgot how early spring surprised us in Maine. I left for Tucson in 2002, … Continue reading →