As I predicted, two little envelopes arrived from Blue Cross this week, announcing what the health insurance rates would be for me and Branden this year: a whopping $1200 more than they were last year! Costs have increased every year since I've been self-insured, but this jump is particularly phenomenal, especially since my coverage is so minimal. Branden and I together have a … [Read more...]
I’m behind on my spring cleaning; already I know my summer plans are way too ambitious. Still I’m feeling as gay as a character in a Broadway musical. That’s because my roses are in bloom, a sunny choreography of lavender, burgundy, coral, pink, and cream. Their names are like treasures from afar: Pearl Essence, Moon Shadow, Angel Face, Double Delight. Even the solitary Ole … [Read more...]
Compassion is in the news. But it’s hardly in the headlines. You have to hunt for it; it’s an aside, a footnote, something mentioned in the last paragraph. For example, last month when the story broke about thousands of Irish children being beaten, raped, and routinely humiliated in Catholic reform schools, we learned many heart-breaking details of their abuse. We also briefly … [Read more...]
Every year about this time a fat envelope arrives from my health insurance company. Its contents require more reading than I, who love books, can manage. Plus I’ve learned those freshly minted words are just fancy ways of saying “Here’s how we’re going to give less to you and your son.” Six weeks from now they’ll send a smaller envelope announcing how much more I’ll need to pay … [Read more...]
Like doctors who neglect their health, most astrologers ignore their own charts. This means I’d forgotten an astrological milestone was coming. I’m a Sagittarian, yet my progressed Sun has been in Capricorn for thirty years, and now it was entering Aquarius. On the very day it occurred, I impulsively signed up for Facebook. Aquarius is the sign of social networking and that’s … [Read more...]
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