Parents

Any parent who actually cares, who has experienced the stress that comes from feeling absolute responsibility while every day feeling more and more that less and less is under your conscious control, goes through times of bleak despair. Child-rearing is unbelieveably difficult– if people had a clue beforehand just how difficult it is, no one would volunteer to do it! It’s especially difficult early on, … Continue reading Parents

The American way, s#cks.

I loved Holidays when I was a kid, but these days I just can’t stand the relentless materialism. The obnoxious ads that equate money spent on consumer goods with “love” make me sick to my stomach. I’m not giving you the Puritan rant about plastic Santas and American kids who gobble sugary junk and have too many toys. I’m not against pleasure. But somehow they … Continue reading The American way, s#cks.