Month: February 2016

No one questioned that the man on trial had killed the other man. Within hours of the crime he casually waived his rights and talked with the Union County Sheriffs on video without an attorney present. Taking notes to report the trial for the newspaper forced me to pay close attention to everything said. I…

An awesome hush wraps around observers at the Federal Court with its high ceiling, massive walls of windows and rows of empty benches. The dark, somber suits of the lawyers and staff add to the solemnity of the room. Two days of sitting in a courtroom filled with somberly dressed attorneys and I considered adding…

Exercise should be a four-letter word. Instead it just receives 400 negative thoughts from folks like yours truly. Maybe the negativity began when I slapped the mat with my back practicing tumbling as a third grader and seeing the gym teacher’s half-hidden smile. (I will always wonder if he was at fault as the spotter).…

Get out of my face, I don’t want you around here. Do not darken the door of my country. Such knee-jerk reactions have flourished throughout history. Xenophobia, the fear of someone different, exists politically and socially and continues without consideration of what may be lost in the process. Presently the rising tide of voices demand…

In silence she hung up the phone and absorbed the message of the phone call. There would be no money earned from cleaning that house this month or any other month in the future. That expected income had just disappeared. Silently she bit her lips and prayed. She would not tell her husband the bad…