The Great Conspirator of Goodness & Awkward Encounters

Who has been the surprise guest in your life lately?

How many coincidences have to happen before it’s not a coincidence anymore? That’s the question someone posed to me recently. Of course, they were asking the question by way of referring to some conspiracy theory about the world gone bad and the Illuminati gone badder. (Excuse the grammar, I’m trying to make a point here.) I suppose [...]

A Resurrection Wedding

Sheryle

  The pastor called it. “A resurrection wedding,” she said. Her remark wasn’t solely a commentary on the ages of the couple marrying  - both in the sixites — but on the fact that this man and this woman had been through the grief of losing a beloved spouse prior. It’s just hard, hard, hard [...]

Roger Ebert: I will be dead. What happens then?

Roger Ebert

  Before his passing Roger Ebert wrote a lovely goodbye essay, I do not fear death, that ran at SALON.  Here’s a glimpse of what he said:   I have no desire to live forever. The concept frightens me. I am 69, have had cancer, will die sooner than most of those reading this. That is in [...]