The Hit List – Nature hater

The Hit List – Nature hater

“Why don’t you go outside and play?” This wasn’t a plea – it was a passive-aggressive question-slash-command from a harried mother who couldn’t understand the surly little girl who preferred to curl up in the old Morris chairs with a book rather than play kick...
The Hit List – Awkward conversations

The Hit List – Awkward conversations

I was a nosy little girl. The type who listened around corners to hear what the adults were talking about? Guilty as charged. In fact, I was always interested in the adult world and couldn’t wait to grow the heck up so that I could do whatever it was I assumed adults...
The Hit List – Eclipsing

The Hit List – Eclipsing

  This month, we’ve had two eclipses. The first one hit me directly, activating a messy T-square in my astrology chart.  For those of you who don’t speak astrobabble, a T-Square is a hard angle that either pushes you off balance – or pushes you to achieve....
The Hit List – But seriously…

The Hit List – But seriously…

“Why are you always joking around? You’re never serious. I’m sick of it.” said a very exasperated daughter so many years ago.  She was beyond tired of my kidding, my teasing, my devil-may-care attitude. This child was made of the somber stuff and life was a serious...
The Hit List – Love Mob

The Hit List – Love Mob

Like most people, I like to read the news. I won’t watch it on television because frankly, even the people I like seem to have a tone that makes me anxious. At least when I read, I can filter out that. But I can’t filter out the disturbing stuff I’ve been reading...

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