The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is ugly, heinous, heart wrenching, wrong and totally unforgivable. Babies shot dead in their classrooms. There are no words to describe the wash of emotion surging through me at this moment. We as adults, parents, citizens tolerate this violence or we would end it, contain it, and prevent it. […]
Question All End of Days Doctrines
We see what we choose to see. Hundreds of thousands of people believe the world will end on December 21st because of hype that has been promoted, largely on cable television programming that focuses on Nostradamus, Mayan calendars, ancient astronauts, and Hopi prophecies. But hundreds of thousands more, if not milions more are predisposed to […]
The Ides of Aquarius
A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to visit the land of the Maya. It was a very short trip, I traveled with my husband to a conference he attended at Xcaret. I was able to visit a place of myth and mortality, Chichen Itza, and I managed to speak to a couple […]
Transition Happens
Though I do not ride horses, I’m back in the saddle again. Sayings such as this just seem to be appropriate for Tucson dwellers. This time of year re-emphasizes my sense of place on the globe. I’m quite conscious of living in the South Western United States. As I raked the decadently well-watered grassy patch […]
Early December App Recommendations
If you have an iPad or an iPhone, there is one app that you need to check out. It is Apps Gone Free. Just do it. This is THE daily lineup of apps that are free on a particular day. It is a great way to see what is out there, what you might use, […]
November Wrap Up
November has not been a good month for me emotionally. My Done Nesting site has stalled, like everything in my life seems to do sooner or later, due to a lack of funds. October is usually the difficult month for me, but this year it expanded into November. I will not let this be a […]