Category Archives: Reflections
Cooperation
“Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.” – Rosemary Brown “If they want to hang me, let them,” I said. “And on the scaffold I will shout ‘Freedom for the working class!’ – Mother Jones To me, a … Continue reading
Productive Struggles
How could we solve this another way? Have we seen a problem like this before? How did you organize your thinking? Is your answer reasonable? Where else would this strategy be useful? Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and … Continue reading
Salvation
Well, I think because with words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So, I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation – … Continue reading
A Note From a Stranger
I sat crying in a Nashville emergency room, more than 9,000 miles from my Australian home. I was having a bad reaction to a medication. A gray-haired woman across the room looked at me with kind eyes. As the nurse … Continue reading
Eating Seasonally
Look for in season produce. Yes, you can buy fresh brussels sprouts for Easter dinner, but they cost three times what you’d pay at Thanksgiving. Eating seasonally also exposes you to new foods. During the fall I substituted Swiss Chard … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 