The new extraordinary…

I always cringe a bit when I hear talk of "curing" autism.  I don't think we need to, or can, cure autism.  I think what we need to do is understand autism. I also struggle with the labeling of those on the spectrum as having a "disorder" - especially as we see the incidence of diagnosed autism [...]

Odds and ends…1000 words or less.

The clean slate of the new year has already faded.  As I was traveling home from dropping Cheyenne off from school a hundred odds and ends that have skittered to the outside of my life or my consciousness flooded my brain - and then the turkeys crossed Sheyenne Street.  The good news is, they ran.  They ran [...]

Oh yes, they heard you now.

The buck stops here - actually, the two bucks. I was incensed when I first read that Verizon Wireless was going to charge a $2.00 fee for one-time credit and debit payments.  Verizon decided upon the added charge as the fees the credit card companies charge them to process these type of payments have been cutting into their bottom line - and they [...]