Two months.That’s how long my family had to sort through my late mother-in-law’s house and possessions before it was sold.Two lifetimes.That’s how much stuff was in the house, hers and my late father-in-law’s.Going through every room, every drawer, every closet in their 3,000 plus square...
Two months.That’s how long my family had to sort through my late mother-in-law’s house and possessions before it was sold.Two lifetimes.That’s how much stuff was in the house, hers and my late father-in-law’s.Going through every room, every drawer, every closet in their 3,000 plus square...
I had a surreal experience this morning as I was scrolling mindlessly through my Facebook news feed instead of getting on with my morning run. A post I had written was shared by a friend after one of her friends (who I have...
Booze, smokes, and food for Austin’s homeless. This is the title of a GoFundMe campaign that recently popped up in my Facebook feed, an Austin man trying to improve the lives of his city’s homeless one beer, cigarette, and package of peanut butter crackers...
We’ve all heard the stories and seen the photos. Children in detention denied basic supplies like soap, a toothbrush, and blankets. Families living in squalid conditions in overcrowded detention centers. Our kids have too. And they have questions, lots of questions. How did...
A father and toddler, drowned together, laying on the riverbank at our southern border. Families and children living in squalid, over crowded conditions, without access to clean water or adequate food. Unbathed children in dirty clothes. Toddlers without clean diapers. A humanitarian crisis at...
What kind of activity carries this dire of a warning? THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MAY DIE OR BE CATASTROPHICALLY INJURED. Swimming with alligators? Bull riding school? Whitewater rafting in the DMZ? Nope, but those are all real activities. That’s the warning...
I wonder if you could hear Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead in Austin last week. A bill to outlaw red light cameras was approved by Texas lawmakers on Friday. It’s now headed to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to approve it. The bill...
Four hours and six minutes. That’s how long it took one of my girls to start whining “I’m soooooo…. bored” after getting out of school on the last school day of the year. I will point out that during those four hours and...
Can you guess what for me is the hardest part about blogging? Coming up with interesting topics? Nope, people are always asking me for free legal advice and the good questions I turn into blog posts. Doing the legal research? Puh-lease. After three...
Is a school rule requiring girls to wear skirts unconstitutional sex discrimination? A federal judge in North Carolina thinks so. U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard ruled last week that a charter school was engaging in unconstitutional sex discrimination by requiring girls to wear...
