This year, voters in California passed a state constitutional amendment that says: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
That vote effectively invalidated thousands of marriages that had been sanctified and legally recognized in that state in the last five years.
What’s it like to get the kids dressed for […]
I pulled the car into the driveway overwhelmed by the leaves and stray yard trimmings. (And stray beach towel, car seat, coffee cup that have been out there for freaking days.)
I had a note from Renny’s teacher. Apparently Ren’s lunch box had contained Baby Callie. And nothing else. “Please send lunch […]
Among my other adventures this summer, I had the privilege of meeting Salvatore Scibona.
Salvatore has just written a novel. And had it published. (Angels singing background music.) The novel tells the story of events in Cleveland, Ohio on August 15, 1953 — covering the day from seven perspectives … and fifty years […]
I can’t help looking at Sarah Palin with total kinship.
I’m not going to vote for her ticket, and I think she’s too young to be president, but oh, how I get her right now.
“Are you coming back?” the Doodle asked me today. Big blue eyes. Round naked belly. Worried little face.
“Mommas always […]
It’s not a problem you hear very much about.
Which is part of the problem.
I’ve been reading coverage of the Joseph Duncan murder trial. He has been convicted of stealing two children, raping and torturing them over the course of a few weeks, and then finally murdering one in front of the other.
I think […]
Aw, so sweet …
… and then this is how you know it is our family:
We went on a walk through the woods. We found a tall purple flower, blooming in a patch of sunlight. The sun coming through the leaves, lighting the bark of the trees, the shimering purple, were breathtaking. I […]
“I didn’t mean to be an activist, I was just very angry.”
Blue light from the projector cuts over Chaz Maviyane-Davies’ face as he moves, gesturing toward the screen that displays one of his graphic art images from the Zimbabwean elections. His hair is in short dreadlocks and he sports black glasses and a […]
My first real camera was a Pentax K-1000. I shot Kodak T-max black-and-white film, switching to Tri-X later because that’s what everyone else was doing, even though I always thought the T-max was better.
I had a terrible habit of putting my hands in the chemicals when I was developing images. I liked to […]
