"Do
You Have A License to Bear Children?" "I freak out every time I observe
a pubescent female with a cigarette dangling from the corner
of her mouth, while her belly incubates a life."
Life's
Little Freebies "I bent down and gave him a kiss
on the nose and thanked him for the beautiful flower."
The Coast "I could just sink down and sort
of melt into the sand."
Anger "Last week's mayhem becomes only
a distant anecdote."
Marriage
Rethought "It seems unfair for children to
grow up in a country where half of all children will experience
divorce in their families before they reach the age of eighteen."
The
Great Escape "There he goes, my husband's pride
and joy, with his big rump swaying side to side."
A
Poor Neighborhood "Undernourished dogs, skin stretched
across their protruding ribs, roamed the town for scraps of food
to eat."
Bell's
Diablo Rogue "Tears threatened as I gazed at this
incredibly beautiful creature standing before me."
A
Breath-Taking View ". . . on a crystal clear day you
can see the Golden Gate and Mt. Tamalpias from on top of this
perch--provided you are willing to expend a little energy to
get there."
On Toon
Patrol "Is the TV an electronic babysitter,
or a dysfunctional teacher?"
Happy-Dark-Enlightenment "I had to show them not to be scared
of going to a new school with a new and different language."
One
for the Top, Please "She moved her fingers with fluid
motion, like those people who roll coins over the tops of their
fingers."
An
Evening With My Father ". . . my father found a voice from
within his quiet soul, a voice that surprised us both."
