November 30th, 2017062What is white and orange with a touch of silver and black, rather roly-poly, and resembles a figure 8? That just happens to be the character who stole the show when The Force Awakens hit movie screens a couple of years ago – BB-8, who happens to be my favorite character from the new trilogy of Star Wars films. Off and on over the past...
September 29th, 2017088While I am a bit surprised that today, in late 2017, gender biases still exist in some circles, as I pointed out in the middle post of this series: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Still, it is heartening to learn female fans of Star Wars care not one whit about what anyone thinks. We like what we like, and we make no...
September 16th, 2017156The more things change, the more things stay the same. Aside from the fact I never have been a huge fan of using such a vague word as “thing”, I always have been rather amazed at the truth behind this simple adage. Shouldn’t it stand to reason that change brings about ... well, change ... thus “things” don’t stay the same?...
August 31st, 2017150Years ago, when I was substitute teaching , one of my favorite assignments was filling in for the primary grade teachers. Those little tykes were so much fun to be around! Before I’d head off to school, I’d fix my lunch, and tuck it into my trusty Star Wars lunch box. At school, that lunch box – featuring R2D2 and C3PO – sat...
March 15th, 2016688Have you ever been engaged in a conversation in which someone is trying to convince you of something? You are listening with an open mind, maybe even being slightly swayed ... that is, until the individual doing the talking says the wrong thing. S/He has sealed her/his fate, and there is absolutely nothing s/he can do to turn the...
January 30th, 20166131 And now the end is here; The last letters of the alphabet have appeared; My friends, I’ll say it clear; For me this has been quite the year; I’ve had such fun; I hope you have, too; Oh what a run; From A to Z we made it through... Quite the undertaking I set in store for myself when 2015 dawned. I thought it would be...
August 15th, 2015435Loss. Grief. They come in all shapes and sizes. All kinds. We might lose a pet, a job, a home, a friend, a loved one. Each loss brings with it a certain amount of sadness and grief – and if one chooses to be a part of the human race, there is absolutely no escape from either. A loss does not necessarily have to mean that someone is...
