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• Eating Crow

  Oct 6

  Life is full of incidents that teach humility, and I’ve met quite a lot of them. Being the kind of person who charges ahead with my own agenda, led by… more ›

• What’s in a Name?

  Sep 23

  I once read an article advocating a minimum age requirement for getting a tattoo by comparing body art to a drunken climb up a water tower with a can of… more ›

• Book Release Day! Subject to Change: Teaching and Learning from Teen Moms

  Sep 16

  Today is the day! My second memoir, Subject to Change, is officially released! It’s been a frustrating, surprising, and rewarding journey. I’m both older and wiser, and I couldn’t ask… more ›

• PT: Physical Therapy or Physical Torture?

  Sep 9

  I have a love-hate relationship with PT. Many years ago, I went through two series of sessions for frozen shoulder—once in each shoulder. Those resolved completely, and I was sold… more ›

• Community First! Village: Housing the Homeless

  Sep 2

  A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about Mobile Loaves & Fishes, a truck ministry that provides meals to my homeless neighbors in the Austin, Texas area. But… more ›

• What is Truth?

  Aug 26

  In the past few weeks, I’ve been doing deep dives into organizations that I support politically and those I support that do good in my community. This week I want… more ›

• Mobile Loaves & Fishes: Feeding the Hungry

  Aug 19

  Since 2019, my husband and I have spent several hours on most first Sundays of the month with a group of volunteers making twelve dozen sandwiches—PB&J and turkey and cheese—to… more ›

• Indivisible: United in Purpose

  Aug 13

  Indivisible is a grassroots organization of thousands of volunteer leaders and millions of members across the country formed to protect our democracy against authoritarianism. Members resist the current administration’s overreach… more ›

• Education Connection: Every Child Reading by the End of Third Grade

  Aug 5

  I’m an avid reader. There’s no better way to spend an evening, in my opinion, than getting lost in a good book. I was lucky, though; I was read to… more ›

• ACLU of Texas, Protecting Texans’ Rights

  Jul 29

  It was clear within weeks of the 2025 inauguration that there would be frequent and numerous attempts by the new administration to test the limits of the law and the… more ›