It’s been a rough week for our country. Old wounds from 9/11 reopened with the news of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. That old fear, anger and despondency reignited with each new report, each fresh meme and each new photograph. Continue reading
I’ve been kinda disturbed by the effect the Oregon Book Awards has had on the local writing community in the last couple days. While I heard it was a blast of a ceremony with plenty of “assholes” to go around, the aftershock conversations in person and on social media have been utterly dreadful. Continue reading
Yesterday, I posted this video on Facebook of some horrible behavior at a Wal-Mart Black Friday event. A thoughtful friend of mine commented, “Imagine having to work there at 2 am for $10 an hour!” About a half an hour later, he then added, “Been thinking about this and am curious, what does this mean for you? What does it say?” Continue reading