Author Archives: Pat Greene

Discovery of the day.

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Pat Greene

I have tremors. Often enough they are severe enough to make walking to the table with coffee without spilling it difficult. So today, I finally figured out… Putting whipped cream on top of the coffee makes it less likely to … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 30, 2017 by Pat Greene

If you had told me a couple of years ago I would be listening to rap music, I would have told you you were crazy. Rap was okay, but it wasn’t music, was it? That was before Hamilton (which at … Continue reading →

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“We’re America’s ghostwriters.”

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Pat Greene

My favorite piece from the Hamilton Mixtape. I wish I could send this to every member of Congress and the Administration. I know, however, that the people most in need of a change of heart will not be swayed by … Continue reading →

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Perspective.

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Pat Greene

While I am recovering, I am watching a lot of television (but no news). Today’s feature: the last day of the Royal Ascot race meeting in London. Talking about the weather, the announcer said “Still quite warm here — 73 … Continue reading →

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Gaudi.

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Pat Greene

Every so often there comes an artist who changes how you think about art, about the world, about life. Artists whose works were beloved when they were alive and artists who were only appreciated after they were dead. Leonardo, Cervantes, … Continue reading →

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Hi there! Miss me?

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Pat Greene

Note to self: never even think, let alone say out loud, anything along the lines of “I have seen the Sagrada Familia, I have walked inside an opal, I can die happy now.” Because Fate will look down her nose … Continue reading →

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Barcelona

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Pat Greene

Traveling in Europe has challenges for someone like me who has an impossibly hard time with languages other than English. And in Barcelona, I not only don’t know one language, I don’t know two. When I was growing up, I … Continue reading →

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Transit to Spain.

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Pat Greene

Once upon a time, a woman called Super Shuttle for a ride to the airport. For her 7:30 flight, they picked her up at 3:45. AM. It might not have been so bad, except Penwiper, distraught that yet another of … Continue reading →

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Stigma.

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Pat Greene

In my Facebook feed today, a friend innocently used the word “bipolar” to refer to God — specifically the erratic, capricious, and vengeful God worshipped by fundamentalist Christians. She meant no harm, and when I spoke up, she immediately recognized … Continue reading →

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Three suggestions.

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Pat Greene

Can we tone down the “impeachment!” talk? While I think that is where this will end up eventually, a) it is a long way down the road (it’s not like Trump will go gently into that good night), and b) … Continue reading →

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Catharsis.

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Pat Greene

The kids are all, for the most part, gone. One is home, but working. One is at school. One, God help me, teaches English… in Seoul, South Korea. [Yet another reason the Trump presidency has been bad for my blood … Continue reading →

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Compassion.

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Pat Greene

I weep for you,’ the Walrus said:       I deeply sympathize.’ With sobs and tears he sorted out       Those of the largest size, Holding his pocket-handkerchief       Before his streaming eyes. Lewis Carroll, “The Walrus and the Carpenter.”   Sometimes enlightenment comes … Continue reading →

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Today’s disgruntled political thought.

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Pat Greene

I am SO tired of election postmortems, from both sides. It’s arguing over who attacked the old man while he is lying on the sidewalk bleeding out. There’s a time and a place, right? And this is not the time … Continue reading →

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Notes to self:

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Pat Greene

Just as you have been contemplating a timer to reduce your Facebook usage, you should use a timer to control your news viewing, even though it’s not every day that the FBI director gets canned.. Speaking of Facebook, don’t make … Continue reading →

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Thanking teachers.

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Pat Greene

I had a less than stellar childhood. When I look back, I had a lot of unhappiness. School should have been a bright spot, and in some ways it was, but in other ways it was horrible. Some people — … Continue reading →

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