My mother fought against a multinational merchant power company and won. This company had planned to build a peaking power plant near her home. When she heard about it, she was motivated to action. She fought tirelessly, endlessly, and sometimes single-handedly.
My mom, and the rest of the people who joined the fight, [...]

For several weeks now, I’ve had visions of swirling in my brain – this feeling, this knowing, of the spinning clouds of the dying hurricane, churning its way north, bringing us rain that started where? The Carribean? The west coast of Africa? Rotating, cycling. Counterclockwise, clockwise.
In addition to the swirls, I’ve had images of circles [...]

Bumper-to-Bumper
For weeks now, I’ve been getting calls from a company that sells extended warranty contracts for automobiles. The other day they called again. I was not my usual feisty self, so I let him try to sell me the warranty. Here is what he said:
“Ok, an extended warranty on your vehicle will [...]

Lyrics to one of my favorite songs:
Acrobat
by U2
Don’t believe what you hear, don’t believe what you see
If you just close your eyes you can feel the enemy.
When I first met you girl, you had fire in your soul.
What happened t’your face of melting snow
Now it looks like this!
And you can swallow or you can spit
You [...]