Joanie’s Spiel

Dale Hale is a popular cartoonist whose 1970’s syndicated funnies ran in my Long Island, New York newspaper, Newsday. Hale’s comics were...

The word “graduation” conjures up feelings and memories for many people.  It is a rite of passage that most have experienced.  To...

What are you waiting for?  Are you expecting something to happen?  I believe many of us are wishing and hoping for someone to enter...

Many are sensing these are trying times.  Whether one is experiencing a “dark night of the soul” or picking up on the mass consciousness’...

I have always felt different from those around me.  Since early childhood, I watched how others soured and shifted from “let’s play nice”...

  What do you see in the picture above?  Is there an image that comes to the fore?  Are you smiling?  Do you feel powerful...

   When I was young, every Saturday morning I would watch Soul Train on TV.  Gladys Knight, The Main Ingredient, and so many...