This is simply a rant with no graphics as they are difficult for my eighty year old mind! It is about our loss of decency, empathy and, yes, "kind hearts and gentle people". One does not have to be Christian to adhere to those ideals, but Christians should be ahead of the line in those …
On One Nation Divisible
An article on the bombing attempts was recently shared to my page by a friend who is a Trump supporter. The comments were somewhat appalling, considering the subject. They ranged from cheering the bomber on, to snarky remarks regarding the wall around one of the victims domiciles. The latter comment was rather amusing, since I …
On Single Parenting and Shaming
Recently there was a shared item showing two guys beating an old man. The question was who would do such a thing? One individual answered by stating they were probably thugs raised without a father. This hit me in the gut, since I was forced into being a single parent from the time my daughter …
On The Reality of Sexism
Long ago and far away I had a brief "discussion" with my older brother. He maintained that his life would be richer than mine because he was male, and I was a mere female (he did not put it quite like that, but looking back the inference is there). Being a history buff almost from …
On aging
Aging happens to everyone....if they live long enough. Joints slowly get arthritic, skin turns into a prune, and a bathroom nearby becomes a necessity. I have known women who fight the onslaught of "old age" every step of the way, and more power to them if it makes them happy. Unfortunately the years move …
Land of the Free/Pot Pourri
My anger knows no bounds at the moment, and my tears are damming up behind my eyelids. A news video was released with the sounds of two women crying and pleading to stay in this country so they could be with their children. They had fled certain death, walked a thousand miles with their babies, …
On Abortion
NOTE: This post may anger some people, including friends and relatives. Sadly, the trajectory our country is on demands that everyone needs to do what they can to support our democracy, its laws, values and standards of care for its citizens. Being only 3 months from turning into an octogenarian the one thing I can …
On Entitlements
Why should I pay taxes to support some couch potato? Why should a ne'er-do-well live off my money? Why didn't those old people save enough to take care of themselves? Why the hell do I need to pay for some old person's health care when I am young and healthy? Sound familiar? Our safety net is …
On Motherhood, Babies and MAGA
I am a mother. It was not planned, hoped for or desired, but one day I found myself sitting across the desk of a Military Doctor as he informed me that I was pregnant. Shocked into blurting out "that is impossible," he crassly replied "you and your husband do have sex, don't you?" One weekend in San Francisco without protection...one! So my first reaction is shocked disbelief, later morphing into resignation, then to acceptance. It was my assigned delivery doctor who changed the entire emotional trajectory when he stated that he could hear the babies heartbeat. Suddenly the whole experience was warm and real.
On Bigotry
We keep hearing how America needs to be great again. My question is to when are they referring? For the next few blogs I will be discussing what I saw happening during our so called "great" period. It was a time of hope when we were moving forward toward true greatness, and beginning to come out of the dark. The country was starting to realize the importance of inclusion and how damaging bigotry could be to the community and the kind of violence it could encourage.
The Freedom of Age 
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