The Cranky Oracle

It's a coolish, cloudy day here in the NW. I'm jumping one ahead of Mother Nature and am cooking up some beef stew. It would be ...

My habit most mornings, as I'm letting the first cup of coffee work its magic and turn me into something resembling a human being, ...

The other day, as someone was (uninvited) spouting her version of God at me, I stopped her, saying, "Hold on a minute. You're ...

Many great eons ago, my friend Fred posted this picture as his Facebook status and challenged people to make up a caption. I told him I...

Earlier today my friend Jacob posted a line on Facebook that made me remember this poem. I wrote it back in 1998, when my relationship w...

I was born into privilege without having a clue what it was, much less what it meant. My parents were, by appearances, middle class. Althoug...