Ignite
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Ignite 2/8/19
In one week, it will be Valentine’s Day! As Dorothy Parker said: “Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,/a medley of extemporanea,/And love is a thing that can never go wrong,/and I am the Queen of Romania.” Continue reading
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Ignite 2/1/19
“Life is a great surprise,” said Vladimir Nabokov, “I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.” Continue reading
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Ignite 1/25/19
Sadly, more than 800,000 Federal employees are living on a shoestring budget. But what would life be like if you actually lived in a shoe? Continue reading
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Ignite 11/16/18
Let’s raise our glasses this Thanksgiving and say cheers to those of us who give thanks by saying cheers! Continue reading
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Ignite 11/9/18
I watched Trump’s 90-minute pouting session with the press the day after the election, and the word, “dummy” kept coming to me . . . Continue reading
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Ignite 11/2/18
“I want something from Daddy that he is not able to give me . . . . It is only that I long for Daddy’s real love: not only as his child, but for me — Anne, myself.” — Anne Frank… Continue reading
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Ignite 10/26/18
If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother . . . Continue reading
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Ignite 10/12/18
To write or not to write. To laugh or not to laugh. Laughing is always easier. Continue reading
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Ignite 10/5/18
At the time of this writing, I am recovering from a colonoscopy and on the television downstairs, I can hear Republican members of the Judiciary Committee opining about the “fairness of this process” — the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh… Continue reading
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Ignite 9/28/18
I didn’t sleep much last night. I am still so saddened by the suffering of two families wrought by the American carnage Trump vowed to end in his inaugural address, but which he continues to fuel over and over again.… Continue reading
