Sometimes poignant, often witty letters written to my daughter.
Dear Jessica Brennan, It is easy to be manipulated by the media, and by people who are good at turning tales around for their own advantage. This card-trick and illusion …
Subtle Differences Big Difference Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, Sometimes when you reach 50 or 60 or 70, people don’t want to mention age when they refer to you or themselves. It is kind of silly, …
A Woman of a Certain Age Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, There was a time when tag was a game you played, not a thing you did to a picture. Rap was the sound you made when you …
Boom Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, Childhood is a funny thing. We all had one, and it never leaves us. We sentimentalize it, refer back to it, blame it. We never actually escape …
How’s Your Childhood Going? Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, You’re having a birthday next week, so I thought I would write about time, and life, and numbers. About ten years ago I used to tell people …
The Last Page of Your Life Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, Recently I posted a blog that got a few people fired up. When I wrote it I knew it was a complicated, volatile issue that I was …
Bait + Aggression = Closed Minds Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, Recently I was gardening – the garden being a great place for reflection – and my thoughts drifted, as they do, to how a petunia functions. Nature …
What I Learned from a Petunia Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, English poet, John Lyly is credited with first expressing the sentiment “All is fair in love and war” in 1579. He said it slightly differently. In Euphues …
Love & War Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, This post may seem harsh, but in the spirit of saying what everyone else is thinking, sorry, but give me a break. One of the most irritating …
Cryptic Cliffhangers Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, The other night when Dad and I were sitting in the family room watching television, I noticed that even in the shows that appear very true to …
Things are Different in the Movies Keep Reading