3 WOMEN Who influences us the most? Our mothers? Teachers? Friends? I suppose the answer is different for everyone. I find I haven’t been influenced so much by any one person specifically, but more often something that’s been said that… (READ MORE)
More than ten years ago I interviewed transgender attendees at the Esprit Conference in Port Angeles, WA. There’s been so much fuss lately, I decided to revisit the article. Surprise, surprise. I didn’t have to change one word in the… (READ MORE)
My 50th high school reunion is a little over five weeks away. Actually, that’s not true. It is five weeks away, but I didn’t graduate from Avonworth High School. My family moved in March of my sophomore year, so I… (READ MORE)
PURPLE ORANGE RED PURPLE Prince dies and the world turns purple; historical landmarks (Niagara Falls/ Eiffel Tower), magazine covers and webpages (The New Yorker/ Google), and celebrity wardrobes (thank you, all, especially Charlie Rose and your purple tie). Celebrity deaths,… (READ MORE)
Three nights ago I ventured into an actual movie theatre (a rarer occurrence than one might imagine) to see “Hello, My Name is Doris” starring Sally Fields. A friend asked me if it was a “cougar” movie but plopping this… (READ MORE)
Welcome to my blog page, titled “My 3 Cents!” The term “2 cents” goes way back to biblical times and if you’re so inclined to read more about it, there’s a wonderfully data challenged (or unchallenged) site called Wikipedia that… (READ MORE)