by Rebecca Melançon | Aug 17, 2020 | Lagniappe
Human beings are social creatures, pack animals we are. From high society to gangs, we travel in packs. While there are lone wolves, we are not normally isolated. Until now. The pandemic has wrought so much damage and destruction to our health, our communities and our...
by Rebecca Melançon | Jun 26, 2020 | Lagniappe
Think you’re a bigoted, close-minded, self-righteous jerk? Me neither. In fact, I would say I’m an enlightened, open-minded, self-righteous liberal. But I’ve had a lesson lately that I hope will open your eyes too. Many have been awakened by recent events to...
by Rebecca Melançon | Jun 7, 2020 | Lagniappe
I think not. If you ask anyone who knows me, the answer would be certainly not. But these times call for much more than a popular answer. They call for serious introspection, followed by serious action. Have a discussion! Start a group for a 21 Day Racism Challenge!...
by Rebecca Melançon | May 14, 2020 | Lagniappe
The garden beckons. It’s a conspiracy of the most complicated kind. The Butterfly Vine taunts me with its tendrils inching far beyond its proper position in the garden. Today it’s tickling the Azaleas. Tomorrow it will attempt to strangle them. Murder in the first...
by Rebecca Melançon | Mar 3, 2020 | Lagniappe
“I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.”” —Bruce Grocott, British Labour politician I, and many others, labor under the weight of a solid work ethic gone awry. Actually it’s...
by Rebecca Melançon | Feb 2, 2020 | Lagniappe
There are many ways to express love beyond the verbal and sexual. Or perhaps I should say in addition to verbal and sexual, for surely these are practiced expressions of love that binds us to one another. There are the more asexual hugs and kisses shown to all under...
