Ok, I’m not a rich woman by American standards.  We barely make old fashioned middle class….we have no savings, no stocks & bonds, no real estate save the home we live in and it isn’t paid off.  We are pretty average.  We are not Christian, yet I believe whole-heartedly in charity.  I believe if you […]

Sometimes the way back is very long indeed. In May of 2005, a young Marine was grievously wounded when a roadside bomb sent a shard of metal into his brain.  His injuries were serious and lasting, he settled near Palo Alto where a poly-trauma hospital for men like him stood ready to help.  His best […]

But not in the wind. These “candles” were strong indeed. The Unitarian Universalists of Tennessee deserve support in this terrible time. In my opinion, it was only the certain conviction and strength of their members that kept the death count from being what the very disturbed shooter visualized.  Greg McKendry was […]

I blogged a good while back about the number of women dying in suspicious (to put it mildly) circumstances.  Lavena Johnson is one of many, and one so horrifyingly obviously not the suicide the Army conveniently labeled it, that it makes your head spin. Please, join me in seeking truth and justice for her.
Dear Friend,
LaVena […]

Some years back, I recall reading a blog (don’t ask which—long since lost that list of bookmarks) wherein it was suggested that in deciding how to tackle America’s numerous problems, the powers that be needed to do “triage” in the medical sense of the word.  Now, since we are (still!) at war, I am sure […]

I have looked back over the last few posts and man, does summer ever take the wind out of my sails. It has sucked mightily in the writing and variety department. So, I must re-instill some discipline to myself and here is the first step.
No, I do not promise to blow your pants […]

And re-astonished afresh.  Friday was marathon day.
It took me months to get around to taking a closer look at a gift given to me. It was only reading a book recommendation that got me motivated, to be honest. I finally read an online book about shamanic experience by Phil Hines and found some of the […]

The estimable Logan on patrol:

Once again, time turns, and it is time for the list of names released since the Full Moon.  As always, my sympathy to the families and loved ones of those fallen in the wars.
Pfc. Willington M. Rhoads, 23, of Las Vegas, Nev., Army - Afghanistan - non-hostile incident
1st Lt. Jason D. Mann, 29, of Woodlynne, […]

The weekend draws nigh…but not fast enough. Just scanning the news makes me want to climb back, under my covers. But I wouldn’t sleep, would I? I’d be busy asking questions like these:
*WHY IS MARK STARR AT NEWSWEEK SUCH A MEAN, PETTY ASSHOLE? In a world where people hack babies out of women and leave […]