Of Battered Aspect

I hear a lot of straight people congratulating themselves on the presidential run of Pete Buttigieg. Even here in Canada people who speak ...

I am a believer in fiction. In the power of stories, true or not, to change our lives or change our perspectives.. I have a friend who only ...

I had been requested by a woman with Down Syndrome that I had come into acquaintance with to attend a meeting with her father and her sister...

Several of the hotels that we stayed in over the last few days on the road to and from St. Louis had renovated or 'updated'. They al...

We were having lunch at a small cafe in a mall near the hotel in which we were staying. The food court was a few feet down and around the co...

We'd had dinner in a packed restaurant, with waitstaff that had no idea how to sit a disabled customer, and were on our way out. I came ...

We got to the restaurant a little later than we had planned. But what's a vacation for but to make plans and then freely set about to me...

This morning I had to have an x-ray, a great way to start a vacation, and, yes, everything is fine. We arrived to a long line up and a sinki...

Today we begin a week's vacation. Our hallway is lined with suitcases. Packing is nearly done. This is all stuff that Joe does and I am ...

A very, very, very long time ago I wrote about seeing an elderly woman being supported by her son with Down Syndrome. She was a wheelchair u...

I sat down the other day to write a post, but I just couldn't bring myself to it. This is pointing to a problem I'm having with writ...

I would never feel comfortable doing a job interview in a coffee shop, but these are modern times. Two fellows met and clearly they had know...

We had arrived early at the airport for a flight that would be delayed. Rah! We wanted to grab breakfast and decided to go to a restaurant r...

"He just doesn't ... doesn't ..." pauses to search for words, "know his place." That's not where I thought...

So. This happened. We went to see "Spiderman" and, unusually for us, we were a little bit late. We can't get our tickets f...

I get up first. Pretty much every day. I like mornings. This morning I stepped by the fan that was attempting to circulate cool a...

Yesterday we paid $25 for just over an hour's parking. YIKES. Both Joe and I had an appointment with the doctor, we both go in toget...

It was sunny and warm and we were on a mission. We wanted to find a particular restaurant that we knew was somewhere near by. The street was...

(first appeared in Canadian newspapers in 2011) I was having a pee. Thinking about my grandmother. Thinking about my country. ...

We arrive at the venue to get ready for me to do my presentation. There was so much noise inside of me.Noise, Noise, NOISE. My usual nerves ...