Daily Life
[Intramuralist Note: Today features Guest Writer #4 in our annual summer series; the opinions expressed may or may not be held by me, but I value the writer’s expression and their commitment to respect...] Police cars sound in the distance. A look of sheer panic flashes in her eyes
Daily Life
[Intramuralist Note: Today features Guest Writer #3 in our annual summer series; the opinions expressed may or may not be held by me, but I value the writer’s expression and their commitment to respect...] “Live simply so that others may simply live.” This is a difficult statement because it
Current Issue
[Intramuralist Note: Today features Guest Writer #2 in our annual summer series; the opinions expressed may or may not be held by me, but I value the writer’s expression and their commitment to respect...] Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States... “According to the Centers
Current Event
[Intramuralist Note: Today features Guest Writer #1 in our annual summer series; the opinions expressed may or may not be held by me, but I value the writer's expression and their commitment to respect. Enjoy!!] A Respectful Dialogue of Current Events… a guiding principle of the Intramuralist is
Current Event
When the Intramuralist began nearly 10 years ago, there were some baseline principles we vowed to embrace, such as: All people are created equal. Everyone’s voice is valid. Everyone deserves respect. Disagreement does not equate to disrespect. How we handle disagreement matters. Listening is a virtue. We are each
Current Event
Ok, ok… just rambling today, but questions I have that no one has answered yet to any degree of satisfaction… most of which have been shared or first offered by others... What happened to Amelia Earhart? How moral was John F. Kennedy? Who was truly responsible for killing him? Why
Current Event
What do you lead with? If there’s space between you and me, what do you lead with? I’ve thought of this many times… if there’s space between you and me, something has to fill it… If there’s space between a father and a son… … between a
Daily Life
Two people. One object. Two people can look at one object and see it in totally different ways… … sometimes in ways that seem contradicting… in ways in which we wonder how another ever possibly could have arrived at his or her perspective… Enter high school baseball as today’s example…
Daily Life
Last week I witnessed the most feisty exchange… A middle-aged man pulled his pickup truck into the nearest Publix parking spot. There was nothing unusual nor outstanding about the guidance of his vehicle. He was somewhat close to the gold sedan to his left, although the proximity had zero
Daily Life
It’s true. I can be a bit of a nerd. Please... don’t agree so fast. Maybe it’s better said that I’m always a student... always learning... always attempting to figure life out. In fact, one of my bottom lines in life is that none of us
Current Event
Oh, the games people play… (Did I not say a too often used title?) There’s a vacancy on the Supreme Court. I really, really hate to say this, but I tend to think that an open seat evokes the worst in us… especially in the establishment, so-to-speak.
Current Event
Some sweet, extended family members went out Friday evening for dinner and a quick errand. Dinner was great, but then, after venturing in and out of Pet Smart, one of them started to back up the truck… … and he hit her. “Her” was a young gal in her lower-sitting