Gratitude flows two ways. It must. For gratitude to be gratitude, it has to be given, as it is accepted; free of conditions; without demand; without expectations. As an exchange, there needs be, at its most crucial point, equality. Both the giver and the receiver should, even if only for a moment, bask in the […]

Music, like nothing else, marks our time on this earth, and recorded music brings it all right back. Each of us has our own soundtrack to our own story, and my playlist continues to evolve. When I moved out east a few years back, I brought with me all that I could; clothing, art, computer […]

We languish in sorrow, or guilt. Shame, a common thread, for the treatment of the missing and the dead. To ignore is to dehumanize, to disregard, to disrespect. Historically, we continued to look past those not accounted for. Where now? Lives lived. Not forgotten, not ever, by those who care. Systemic discrimination by those with […]