LGBTQ?  Ask the web questions about most subjects and it will provide a clue. (Click)  I thought I was up on my alphabet until I came across the term pangender.  (Click) Scratching my head, I paused to wonder what some cake baker in Colorado would make of that.  (Click)  More imp

One of two women who clean my apartment at the retirement center stopped me in the hall to apologize for failing to wipe the upper corners of my living room windows.  I’m not surprised at her failure.  She stands about 4’ 10.  Her partner, near the same height, couldn’t help

After the romantic flap over the wedding between England’s Prince Harry to American, Meghan Markle, Oregon Public Broadcast announced 70% of the British population favored maintaining the monarchy despite the expense and the grumbling of detractors. Surprisingly, a number of other c

Last week, I wrote a blog capped by a cartoon which amused my web manager.  (Click)  It exposed the gobbledygook terms that accrue to Artificial Intelligence (AI).  Apparently, the alphabet soup expresses different purposes.  Or, as a tweet from a recent article revealed, “It’

Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointments seem to be based on each candidate’s ineptitude.  Rick Perry, head of the Department of Energy, forgot the department existed in his disastrous bid for president. (Click)  Scott Pruitt,  assigned to lead the Environmental Protection Agenc

It might be too early to worry about reverse discrimination with regard to women, but women-only colleges, like Wellesley, Mills and Smith are thriving and so are the ladies who lunch and wear extraordinary hats.   They are the ones who’ve kept the women-only associations alive. M

In my upcoming memoir, I write about a Southern Baptist missionary I met in the 1960s, while living in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).  She was a savvy woman, devoted to her work and endowed with a terrific sense of humor.  Although I was an atheist, we became friends and from her, I

It’s not true that “Money can’t buy you love.”  It can.  Charities are eager to love me.  Contribute to one and I hear from any of their neighbors who are within shouting distance.  Each time I contribute, I’m aware I’m added to a list which is sold to other non-profit

Crispr is a technique that has added a large body of knowledge to our understanding of the human genome. (Click) (Click)  It is a gene-editing technique which allows human DNA to be altered in the hope of ending deadly diseases like cancer and sickle-cell anemia. Two women worked tog

My morning began, as it usually does, by taking the pulse of Facebook. England’s royal wedding got most of the comments, which didn’t surprise me.  What did raise my eyebrows was a gentleman’s remark, someone who is usually supportive on women’s issues.  “Just can’t