politics – Uncharted Waters

Cultivating Joy in Troubling Times

It’s impossible to witness the firings of lifetime civil servants and the defunding of humanitarian agencies without despair and anger. Each day's news delivers yet another hammer blow to my…

All Politics is Local…

I’m working very hard to ignore the news these days: tragic photos of Gaza refugees, stories of career civil servants being illegally dismissed, the fear of our many immigrant neighbors;…

We are the Tsunami..

Seniors lining up for food aid vouchers in Hong Kong. Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times Today’s New York Times carries yet another article about the huge wave of…

Uncharted Waters
Letting go of Life
Holding on to Joy

Married female, mother of two, grandmother of five. Living in a senior living community, where dinner, house maintenance, and continuing care are part of the contract. Residents in this community are actively engaged in our lifestyle here; I currently help produce Zoom programs, and help edit our webpage. Physically "healthy for your age" despite shortness of breath, two knee replacements, a cardiac murmur, various skin issues and an incipient back problem.