People from all over the country are heading to Washington, D.C. this week. A bit further on I discuss meeting with three of them heading across country to Occupy DC. October 6th marks the 10th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. Ten years ago we were mourning the attacks on New York City, […]
Occupy Tucson needs your help!
Make some calls! NOW! This is from the Facebook Wall: OccupyTucson needs your help! TPD is utilizing a strategy of financial attrition to kill the movement by issuing criminal citations to occupiers in the who stay in the park past 10:30pm. This citation carries a potential sentence of up to a $1000 fine, up to […]
Repeal Day, Now We Just Need to Repeal a Couple More Things
Happy Repeal Day! 12:01 a.m. today, a few hours ago, the right of all citizens to serve serve in the military and defend the Constitution and the people of United States has been restored. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell finally goes away. A person’s sexual orientation is no one’s business, and yet for the last 18 […]
Remember
I once had a little white on black button from the Holocaust Museum in D.C. that simply said, “remember.” My husband borrowed it, and I never saw it again. Somehow that is fitting. Things don’t last. Things vanish. But memories are different. We keep them and review them in grief, and for comfort, until they […]
Blogging About The City I Love: Happy Birthday Tucson!
Click to get info and grab badge. I am celebrating my town’s birthday along with thousands of other people in Tucson, Arizona. It is a month long birthday party. The cyber party starts today and runs through the end of the month. Tucson, Arizona has been my home for the past 22 years. My paternal […]
One Failure Allows Another Success
Okay, NABLOPOMO was not a success this time around. Once I started feeling better, breathing is a wonderful thing, I realized I had so much stuff to do! So my blogging every day here in June sort of like, well, failed. But I have a pantry now! Imagine me doing a happy dance, let your […]