And then your child is born, the beginning of all future hopes and dreams — There’s no interview. The position is challenging and fierce. It comes with no salary. It leaves you absolutely exhausted every day, deprives you of sleep, and the free time you once enjoyed, but you wouldn’t trade it even for free access to the biggest bank in the world. Welcome to…

Celebrating the birth of a friend’s little boy… — The inspiration comes from the poem, ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’ It’s all about seizing opportunity, and being open to adventure. Dearest William, CONGRATULATIONS! Today is your day, You’ve landed on earth And now you must stay. Today‘s your ‘birth’ day! And you’re perfect, we think. But we know that…

To look in a mirror and like what they see… — My 3-year-old daughter a shoplifter? Come on! It was a Friday night. Late opening in our city, a night when it is de rigueur to shop after work, and then enjoy a simple meal out. My husband needed some business clothes, and we went down to the basement of a large store in the men’s section. It…

Whose idea was it to compromise even more, the desperately poor among you? You ratbags! Meantime, bet you’re all sleeping soundly at night, toasty warm and snug as bugs in rugs — Let me ask you a question. Was there ever a time when you felt you couldn’t pay a bill? It’s a frightening thought, is it not, knowing they’re coming after you. Many poor people have been there, many young people too. It’s not a good feeling.

AI’s nascent power grab… — Preamble… ChatGPT has been getting a lot of airplay recently, mostly around questions involving its outputs, and how those outputs are being put to use. And these are all valid conversations we have to have. Just how will the outputs be used? In fact, how CAN they credibly be used? Given…

Imagination is at the heart of everything we do, now and into the future… — Many years ago, I had planned a birthday surprise for my husband. My friend, a music teacher, was staying to help. It was close to our daughter’s bedtime, so my friend volunteered to help by reading her some stories. But a few minutes later, our daughter burst into the kitchen…

And you can’t believe what you are seeing. What the? — So what is the significance of the meatloaf? Not a lot, as it turns out, except that, in this case, because I was using my oven, I thought I’d also whip up a dessert which is of my own creation, and comes together in the blink of an eye. And that’s where the story begins. To…

January Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Hometown Pride” — A freebie track perfect for fitness. Yesterday a man stopped me and said, “You’re putting us all to shame. We’ll all have to lift our game.” I explained about the public declaration I had made online about getting myself super-fit and having as my challenge — two people in their nineties, one, James Frank Sanders, who…