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The Power In Not Talking.

I live in a small town.

Jul 11, 2021

Jul 11, 2021

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The Resident Stranger

The gurney is hard, the fluorescence above it humming. Nubbing legs dangle over the side of the frame, an IV port pinching the tender skin…

Feb 27, 2021

Feb 27, 2021

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How The Good Souls Are Taken.

After not one, but two, articles having appeared in major newspapers covering so-called “White Christian Nationalists” devotion to the…

Jan 19, 2021

Jan 19, 2021

TAKE the GUN.

Every year, at this season, so many of us enjoy Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music”.

Dec 17, 2024

Dec 17, 2024

What Mum Could Do.

Honor the successful women you know. But, think about your mother, first.

Mar 22, 2024

What Mum Could Do.

Mar 22, 2024

“Her Only Daughter”.

Without warning, faith and trust had become essential….Mum, immensely frustrated, could only sit at the sewing machine and cry.

Jan 17, 2024

“Her Only Daughter”.

Jan 17, 2024

“Social Consensus and the Spectre of American Intelligence.”

“So, there we are, seated around a table or along a bar, volleying half truths and assumptions like so many pickleballs without a…

Dec 24, 2023

“Social Consensus and the Spectre of American Intelligence.”

Dec 24, 2023

EMILY MATSON: The Best-Dressed Broadcaster.

What did Emily know? What did she want us to see? What could she never have known? And, what, in the end, did we all miss?

Dec 14, 2023

EMILY MATSON: The Best-Dressed Broadcaster.

Dec 14, 2023

Why We Should Not Ignore Donald Trump.

[ formerly titled: “KERNELS.” ]

Jul 30, 2023

Why We Should Not Ignore Donald Trump.

Jul 30, 2023

Betty’s Daughter.

Mum always had her back to us.

May 14, 2023

Betty’s Daughter.

May 14, 2023

Living the True Story.

Time was, if you did it, you could prove it; if you didn’t, no way could you find acceptance among the self respecting.

May 12, 2023

May 12, 2023

The Alienated Stranger.

Obsessive Compulsion is a marauding demon.

Dec 16, 2022

Dec 16, 2022

Johnny Depp.

Johnny was my idol.

Jun 10, 2022

Jun 10, 2022

“Don’t Cling To Me.”

According to the American Bible Society, there are some 900 translations of the Biblical scriptures.

Apr 27, 2022

Apr 27, 2022

The Table.

Tables. They serve many functions, most recently as “catch-alls” for everything lacking its own place.

Nov 27, 2021

The Table.

Nov 27, 2021

“What’s Yours Is Not.”

Since when is everything “mine”, now?

Nov 13, 2021

Nov 13, 2021

The Trigger of Tragedy.

For so many, this has been a week of gutting loss.

Aug 30, 2021

Aug 30, 2021

The God Favorite.

God won’t be reading this.

Jul 31, 2021

Jul 31, 2021

Yesterday.

I love the past.

Jul 13, 2021

Jul 13, 2021

Pride, Not Prejudice.

I’m so happy and encouraged that everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, can feel loved and accepted now, at least in theory and…

Jul 13, 2021

Jul 13, 2021

Ruth Ann Scanzillo

Ruth Ann Scanzillo

Ruth Ann Scanzillo is a 25 year Baby Boomer veteran of public arts education w/34 years as symphonic cellist and chamber pianist; now, writing seems important.

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