Tis the end of a year. The first dawning breaths of a new one. Its been a very long year. A year of political and emotional unrest. It seems at times like we have taken so very many giant steps backward. Actually, we have. But, then again, we haven’t. Not in the truest sense. For […]
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I Will Speak No Evil. Well, Maybe.
The First Amendment of the Constitution reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Many people, myself […]
The Lost Art Of Communication – Safety Screens
I actually started this a while back from a different angle. I may add those parts in as serial installments at some time as I feel this is an ongoing subject that needs some serious pondering. So, aside from that little introduction, on with the piece. Communication has become a misnomer in our society anymore. […]
April 2 – How I spent my day
How I spent my day today. Washed linen Made bed Made weeks worth of fruity/veggie cups for morning shakes Played with Cassie Cleaned kitchen Played with Cassie Cleaned laundry room and took bags of clothes out to garage to go to thrift store Played with Cassie (she thinks everytime I get done with something, its […]
Presents?
And then there are those days when you look across the room and see this small beige fuzzy thing by your sliding door that looks like it has a tail. And there in her little warm bed is Little Misssy Princess Floofster Cassie SassyPants resting her chin on the side wall and giving you that […]
Plain Red Wrappings
Sometimes ridiculous just hits levels that cause you to give yourself whiplash from how sharply you jerk your head to the side in disbelief. The latest such case is the one about the new Starbucks Holiday cup. And it is being condemned by the religious community at large all the way up to presidential candidates […]
The Inquisition of Cecile
It was very hard to watch and listen to the Congressional Hearing with Cecile Richards. The whole thing was reminiscent of the videos I have seen of the McCarthy Hollywood communist trials. Ms. Richards was badgered, derided, accused and verbally assaulted for five hours. Granted, there were many who came to her defense, to the […]
Sin
Sin – According to the dictionary a sin is: 1. transgression of divine law: the sin of Adam. 2. any act regarded as such a transgression, especially a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principle. 3. any reprehensible or regrettable action, behavior, lapse, etc.; great fault or offense We are living in a […]
The Common Thread
Watching the news feed nowadays, it seems like the stream of legislated hate, sermonized intolerance, surveillance and just downright abuse from those in power never ends. And it becomes overwhelmingly accepted due to a highly organized onslaught of carefully wrought ad campaigns to make the infringements seem “reasonable”. Or by identifying one group or another […]
Nano Recovery
Some insanity overtook me and I decided to enlist in the Nano madness for the first time ever. For those not aware of it, its Nanowrimo, National Novel Writing Month where you commit to writing 50,000 words in the month of November. I chose to engage in it because I have had a book idea […]