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1/3/2026 I have never lived under a dictatorship. I have read about countries where people live this way. I have had friends who lived under such governments and spoke about what it felt like. I have read histories of the many, many situations like this. But I have never experienced even the slightest shred of that kind of life. As the new year begins, I face the fact that I am now living under a government that is a dictatorship. I watch as the rights my family traveled here

12/31/2025 My friends told me about using AI. They swore it was very helpful for them. They ranted and raved, and I decided, OK, I’ll see what this is all about. Now first I must tell you, I am a hands-on person—always have been. I used technology as it developed, but I never felt safe, in control, or sold on it. I learned to edit film on a Moviola with Mimi Arsham as my teacher at the School of Visual Arts in the seventies. I loved it. I loved the Moviola. I loved Mimi Arsha

12/27/25 – It is the day before my birthday. I was born on December 28, the day of the Holy Innocents, or that is what it is called in the Christian religion. It is the day King Herod sent out his soldiers to knock on every door and find any newborn child in every house and behead that child. Why? Because he was told by three wise men that a child had been born who would be King. King of the Jews. The true King of the Jews. A King that would rule forever and never be removabl

12/14/2025 It’s so typical to write about this time of year, simply because it is "this" time of year. Everyone—or most everyone—is excited, whether they want “it” to be here or not, whether they’re happy or desperately miserable, excited for good, or for bad. All Christians have a strong feeling about this season, and because the world has so many Christians, that atmosphere spreads to cover the globe like a cloud. But even beyond Christianity—no matter what religion you ar

The Girl from Ipanema When I began building this website and arrived at the blog section, I saw the image of coconut trees with the words Girl from Ipanema . Instantly, I was transported back to the days when that song first came out, when everyone knew the story—the romance between the singer, her husband, and the American jazz musician who traveled there, stirred up excitement, and helped make her a star. Eventually, as the story went, he carried her off to the United State