Teetering on the Edge of a New Year (Revised)

https://www.lpm.org/music/2023-12-29/mels-diner-goodbye-to-2023 (This post is revised from "Teetering on the Edge of New Year", posted January 2021. https://peripheralwisdom.com/2021/01/ ) I am one of those annoying people who truly like and appreciate New Year's Resolutions. When I was growing up, I wrote HUGE lists of resolutions for each New Year. Back then, those resolutions were things like find a … Continue reading Teetering on the Edge of a New Year (Revised) →

LEGALISM: What It Is and Why People are Drawn to It

There were a lot of rules growing up in a small-town Texas conservative church back in the 1970s and 80s: Girls couldn’t wear slacks to church OR to school, never mind wearing jeans. Dancing was a no-go because it could lead to other bad things. (“Don’t have sex because it might lead to dancing!” was … Continue reading LEGALISM: What It Is and Why People are Drawn to It →