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Why Bother to Fight City Hall? I like to win, yet, being a girl, I had few opportunities to nurture my competitive spirit. In elementary school, girls were not encouraged to compete, but finally, in junior high, I sank my teeth into my first real contest; winning The Presidential Physical Fitness Award. I was all…

Why Bother With Colorful Language? “They’ve made their bed and now they have to sleep in it,” my grandmother would remark in a serious tone to no one in particular while watching the evening news.  I could never quite wrap my head around what she meant.  But now I know. She was speaking in a…

Why Bother With Less? I’ve been called a minimalist, which according to Webster, refers to abstract art. It eliminates illusion and embellishment and instead emphasizes simple forms and color. Sometimes I understand that kind of art, sometimes I don’t.  But, since I cannot draw, not even stick figures with clothes on, I don’t think the…

Why Bother When You Can’t Always Get What You Want? It amazes me that I can still remember the important lines to Mick Jagger’s song, You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Maybe it’s because Mick repeated those same words over and over searing them into the brain of young teenagers all over America back…