2020 Is Just Like 1968. It is All About Power.
2020 has been one hell of a year and we’re not even halfway through it. As someone who lived through 1968, I could not help but see the easy comparisons with that momentous year. Two years ago,...
Looting Is Not Change and A Riot Is Not A Revolution.
Looting is robbery. Okay, not technically (The legal definition of looting in California is committing any of the following offenses, during a state of emergency or a local emergency: Burglary;...
Replay: Coronavirus Is Not Our Worst Enemy. We Are and I Wish We Weren’t.
Coronavirus could pose a very serious health threat to older adults. According to the Center for Disease Control (cdc.gov), older adults have a higher risk of getting very sick from the Coronavirus or...
COVID-19 and What We Will Learn for The Future: Two Boomers Talking
COVID-19, Coronavirus, the Pandemic, toilet paper. One cannot hide from the most game-changing event in our lifetime. Yes, even greater than 9/11. We’re going to have to go back to World War Two,...
Toilet Paper and COVID-19: How I Got Scammed and You Can Too
Toilet paper. You never know how much you miss it until it’s gone. In our household, our greatest challenge has been to keep ourselves stocked with food and household essentials. From Target to...
College Has Been Very Good But Hard for Me and That’s Okay
College, in my past life, had been more of an obstacle than a path. 1966, 1967, 1970 were the last years of my previous attempts. College was just too demanding on my body, mind, and spirit;...
Boomers are Ok. It’s the Power Gap that Sucks.
Boomers versus Millennial wars are a waste of energy, a misdirection of anger, and clearly a plot to distract us from the real struggle (Okay, the plot part may be a little over the top). In fact,...
“People Were Not Slaves, They Were Enslaved” By Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Editor-in-Chief of HuffPost Lydia Polgreen interviews journalist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates on the enduring legacy of slavery in the US and the inspiration for his new book, The Water...