Trumpmerica Day 5: The Bill of Goods with a “special secret” menu
I think the time for recriminations, finger-pointing, division and blame re. “why Hillary lost” needs to stop at least yesterday. With enough blame to go around, we don’t need a circular firing squad;...
View ArticleDrowning the part of government they don't like (and us lowlife losers) in...
For 50+ years, Republicans have actively worked to erode public trust & faith in our democratic institutions purely for political power. St. Ronald the Reagan accelerated the process with his...
View ArticleMeryl Streep's Uncomfortable Mirror
Guess what kids!? It’s blog time again. Enough has boiled up and converged in my brain & life, that I gotta’“write it out”! This one has mostly been spurred a friend’s post on Facebook regarding...
View Articlehook, line & sinker...
I went to the Women’s March on Washington-Portland this morning to volunteer, but everything was done, so I was vaguely waiting around for friends, but there was nowhere to sit and standing around...
View ArticleDivided We Fall
I took part in the preliminaries, sort of, at the Women’s March on Washington-Portland. I came home early for various reasons, but have been watching the pictures and messaging flow across the Portland...
View ArticlePeaceful Unified Resistance to the Angry Bullies
I got fired 3 years ago yesterday from a job. The firing was exceedingly personal and I just spent some time re-reading my personal blog posts written in the immediate aftermath… there was a lot of...
View ArticleWatch What You Wish For
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a CommunistThen they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a SocialistThen they came for the...
View Article200,000 & Inconvenient Truths
200,000. Dead. Small by percentages as far as total US population goes, but huge to those who have lost loved ones… in some cases, almost entire families wiped out… only kids left behind… and the...
View ArticleCheeto Mussolini & the Magic Sharpie vs. the Notorious RBG
I woke up before the alarm this morning, wracked with anxiety. RBG’s passing last Friday, may her memory always be a blessing, has thrown so much more doubt into an already doubtful time. I don’t think...
View ArticleAmerica is an Abuse Victim Fighting For Survival
I watched as much of the first Trump/Biden debate as I could stomach, honestly I have a headache and feel queasy. I saw a man standing at a podium, but I FELT a man stalking the stage, raging like a...
View ArticleElephants
We, as Americans, have certain things we like to believe about ourselves… about how we have continually improved ourselves and shed the negative aspects of our past, like racism & misogyny, when we...
View ArticleDefiant Joy, Creativity, and Curiosity
I just spent a week house-sitting for friends, and had some delightful alone time, which is a real gift. I took my cat, Mayhem, and we just chilled out and enjoyed each other’s company. I have returned...
View ArticlePublic Health, Science, and the 100% Solution
In a former life, I was a Public Health Nurse, dealing most specifically with Communicable Disease in a small rural county in Missouri. I held that job for 7 years and I loved my work, but time and...
View ArticleDonald the Destructor
7/18/2020I felt it in the water in the 90sThe great unrest roilingBeneath a pretty plastic surfaceA counterfeit world, eggshell fragileWe have continued ondoing our best to ignore the noise &...
View ArticleThe Fight REALLY Begins
I breathed a little easier yesterday. I took the day and spun a lot of wool for yarn. This is one of my favorite hobbies and keeps me from going over the edge. I’ve spun a LOT of yarn over the last...
View Article72 days & Afraid
I was feeling so good on Saturday. But I really wasn’t prepared for the events of today, November 9th. I really just want to crawl into the drawer our cat Penny lives in. It’s safe and dark, she has...
View ArticleRefuse to be the Shit Their Money Grows In
Unpacking this last week… and it seems like months.Seditious white supremacist fascists attacked our capitol building, I was trying to work while it was all happening… needless to say, I couldn’t get...
View ArticleFamily Stories
Family stories make us laugh, make us cry, they can teach or often serve as cautionary tales. In 1902, only 119 years ago, 3 of my great uncles died. One of malnutrition, and 2 of diphtheria, only 6...
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