Shall I Tell?

I have a hematoma on the top right corner of my head. When I cup my hand over it, it feels almost as big as half of a boiled egg, but I don’t think it is, quite. On the medical record of my visit to the doctor it is called a “contusion” which is just [...]

Am I Apolitical?

The year was 1976.  It was the Carter-Ford election year.  My journalism professor brother was visiting me in California.  After some hours of conversation, he said, “Janice, you’re apolitical!  You are a-political!”  It sounded like a bad word, so since that time I have tried to pay more attention to politics.  I try to look [...]