Another day, another mass shooting. Followed by shouts from those individuals who sit at the extremes of the argument. Those of us in the middle, heartbroken, outraged, and just plain confounded, can find no space to speak between the noise of extreme edges. In thinking about the mass shootings, my…

I started a blog on spirituality about a year ago. The writing happens when I’m inspired. Not forcing myself to show up and be…whatever. Read a post this morning from Tom Kugler (Writing is Like Being in a Fight) on medium, and it’s bugging me. …

The journey we call life offers opportunities and cautionary tales. I am not on a special diet. I’ve just figured out that cheese causes my back pain to inflame and exacerbate my pain as well as my will to persevere. I am a child of the late 70’s and the…

This week I watched a young judge, new to the job but also younger than me, make a decision. For many people, this would not be a watchable event. The system seems to be a mathematical formula, a calculation to be accomplished without much fanfare. Yet this young judge used…

Candidate for Georgia’s Secretary of State David Belle Isle issued a press release yesterday decrying the fees assessed for an open records request to the Georgia Secretary of State. He linked a news article on Breitbart outlining the lengthy and seemingly voluminous request relating to the 2020 election. …

After listening to Seth Godin on The Moment podcast, I downloaded “The Practice,” a book Godin wrote and spoke about on The Moment. Godin’s insight into human behavior and what motivates or blocks us is incredibly helpful. The book’s subtitle: “Shipping Creative Work,” flows through the work reminding us to…

Preparing for court this week, I found myself pondering the concepts that underpin our justice system. A client asking for help, being told by the system, “it’s too late, this time, should’ve asked sooner.” The U.S. philosophy of criminal sentencing anchors in the idea that excluding a person deemed antisocial…

Last night, following the closing arguments in Derek Chauvin’s trial for the death of George Floyd, the speculation flowed as to what this jury might do, how long they would deliberate, and what that all would mean… I’ve spent hours waiting on juries in my 20 years as a lawyer…

As we in the United States face a stream of unwarranted deaths of people of color, we, the public, ride the roller coaster of emotion that never quite seems to resolve. Day after day the outrages perpetuate. We hold on, with anger or others defend and blame, without cease. Yet…