If It Bleeds, It Leads

Lately I’ve been reflecting on the old news rule: “If it bleeds, it leads.” Any story, no matter how interest-worthy, always takes a backseat to another item containing [more] death, carnage, and blood. For a long time, news of the Ukraine war dominated the news. Then we’d see nothing about it when a mass shootingContinue reading “If It Bleeds, It Leads”

Second my Emotion

What positive emotion do you feel most often? In looking at this prompt, I first asked myself, “What are the positive emotions?” My mind then flew back to Catholic school and free associated learning about the different mysteries of the rosary: Joyful, Sorrowful, and…the other one. I can never remember it without googling. Glorious! AndContinue reading “Second my Emotion”