Skin color and police force have defined recent months in my community. Many of us feel that one is undervalued, the other used in excess, and opposing views on these topics have become uncomfortably heated on social media and in conversations. Unfortunately, the impotency of many heated exchanges has paralyzed true communication and stretched the divide, most notably among …
Kim Dalferes can be found over at The Middle-Aged Cheap Seats, where midlifers come to sit, laugh, and “occasionally drink tequila”! A long-time football fan Kim is pretty excited about what she has to share here. The running back weaves across the field with the football pinned securely in his right side. He dodges past a not-quite-fast-enough …
Right now it’s quite a brutal time for my hometown, Baton Rouge, and the rest of the nation. I have felt shock, anger, fear and hopelessness. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t in any way profess to have answers for all the problems of today. It’s been hard for me to find hope, but I …
A few weeks ago a friend of mine retweeted a post from a fairly well-known social marketer. The information in the tweet (a link to a report) was useful to marketers and other users of social media. And, yet, when I saw my friend’s retweet, I cringed. My friend is brown-skinned, gay, and a recently …
Ronnie Citron-Fink is committed to cleaning up the environment, and she wants us to join her. Read more from Ronnie on her blog, Econesting. Gee, I love my kids. You would think that as children grow up and fly away from the nest, one would get over the initial infatuation. Not so. I lovingly remember …
