A different lens

by | Mar 14, 2012 | Write Thinking

I had no plan to watch the movie Game Change (based on the book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin) on HBO. Not because I had any conscious objection to it, it just wasn’t on my radar. But Saturday night I was physically and emotionally drained from a rough...

Passing through

by | Mar 12, 2012 | Unfettered 50

So here’s what’s happening. My thoughts are very focused on death, not so much in a macabre way, but on death nonetheless. Ever since heading to the emergency room on Feb. 10 for what I now know is a medial meniscus tear in my left knee, I have been pretty...

Say it

by | Mar 9, 2012 | Write Thinking

A fog of a day that began with a funeral and so I only now get to posting this one that went live today, but was actually written three days ago. Thank you to Jewel for a beautifully expressive song called Satisfied. Today’s Game Plan: Did You Say It in Time? Or...

Extending ourselves

by | Mar 7, 2012 | Write Thinking

I spent much of last weekend feeling numb and raw after hearing about the death of someone I loved very much. I learned a little something about grief and how good it feels when others reach out, even in the smallest ways. Kevin O’Sullivan knew how to do that....