U is for Unite I remember the 60s—barely, for I was a mere slip of a girl—as a time when the world seemed turned upside down. Riots, assassinations, and war were in the headlines. Even my little town felt the uncertainty of the times as they watched their young men shipped off to a war that the government didn’t seem to want to win. Then, there was Nixon and the betrayal of trust at the highest levels of our government. […]
T is for Thankful This is one of those self-care posts and I’ll try not to sound too much like Pollyanna. Take a minute to be thankful for what you have. As we are seeing, those things we take for granted can disappear with the stroke of a tyrant’s pen. But today it is still possible to post and speak against the government. People are outraged by the goings on and are beginning to hold people accountable. It’s a start. […]
R is for Recycle When I was a kid, I was threatened with dismemberment if I tossed trash out of the car window or left messes–she was probably joking, but then again…. This seemed unfair since my dad had enough metal machinery parts lying around to tilt magnetic north by at least a degree or two. That early training may be why I value a good trash bin now and why recycling has become near and dear to my heart. […]
Q is for Question Q gave me a bit of trouble. Quisling made the short list because we may have at least one of those in our government. But I thought a post about that would sound a bit conspiracy theory-ish—though if it walks like a Russian asset and talks like a Russian asset….. I tried and tried to make Quantum work as a topic, working on the theory that it may take change on a molecular or atomic level […]
Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.”― Thomas Jefferson, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 9: 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816 P is for The Press A Free Press is essential for a robust democracy and guaranteed by the First Amendment, but some say that journalism is dead. Back in the day when I studied journalism with the idea I might one day be a journalist, the idea was to present […]
O is for Outrage Ok—organize is the obvious choice for this O day and I was all set to write a post about how we need to organize and protest and organize our lives to get rid of the stress of clutter and organize for change and while all those things are true, the word that kept popping into my head was OUTRAGE. I am outraged that innocent people are being snatched off the streets by my government, in my […]
