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Published by The Daily Star in Oneonta, NY November is National Adoption Month By Cheryl Petersen The 40th anniversary of National Adoption Month highlights the power to adopt new ideas; to celebrate adults and children alike, who adopt new thoughts, new dreams and new positions to bring stability to homes and communities. In 1986, the…

Published by The Daily Star Newspaper in Oneonta, NY Memories invoke writing By Cheryl Petersen Conveying the word “veteran” in its broadest meanings, 97-year old, John Powers, talks about life and his recent online publication of two stories titled, “The good deed,” and “The redemptive omelet.” The short stories are posted on the National American…

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016) scored big in imagination and ingenuity. The plotline follows Jacob, a young teen, to a faraway land of fantasy and chilling monsters. My first thought: I would NEVER take my kids to this movie. Second thought: Why, or why was a black man cast as the bad guy?…

We participate as an audience inside auditoriums, sacred buildings and theaters. Audiences observe, take in and expand on messages. Good audience etiquette teaches us not to interrupt. But messages leading to inequality need to be interrupted. And messages leading to progress in gender equality need full attention. How do we do this? By giving undivided…
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