“It is the June Solstice wherever you go today,” I wrote last week. In the Northern Hemisphere we observe the Summer Solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere the Winter Solstice is observed. Like everything humans do, there is some disagreement about what this means, except that old Sol aligns with the Tropic of Cancer. I […]
Pink Flamingos R Us
Donald Featherstone touched lives, created a cultural icon, and made people smile. That sounds like a pretty good life and legacy to me. I have to utter thanks one more time as he is laid to rest; he passed away a couple days ago. Pink flamingos are iconic in and of themselves. But the plastic […]
Reprint of "Ain't I A Woman" Redoubt
Most of this post is a republication of an article about a woman who inspired a little white girl from a county next to Kosciusko County, Indiana, where the woman, Sojourner Truth, infamously bared her breast to the congregated to prove her womanhood when pro-slavery infiltrators began to heckle her. In 1858 in Silver Lake, Kosciusko, […]
Inspiration to Reach Out
Today we are featured on Melanie Meditates. As our humble editor-in-chief is not a Mommy Blogger, so to speak, although she is and always will be a mommy and a blogger, how did she end up featured on the blog of a 29 year old mom? Glad you asked. Living our lives fully and one […]
Keep on Keepin' On – The Meme
When underground comix were de rigueur, Robert Crumb created a character that was depicted as walking determinedly down the street that popularized the phrase, “Keep on Trucking.” This phrase was probably influenced by “keep on keepin’ on” that was a phrase in Tangled Up In Blue by Dylan. The phrase means to just keep on living life […]
What A Freakin' Amazing Week!
After several weeks of living in a funk I have re-emerged with energy and ideas. Watch out world! TED Women – TEDx Tucson Women I was lucky to be invited, or have an invitation wrangled for me by my friend Pam Vaner of My Sassy Notions, to a gathering organized by Mary Reed, TEDxTucson Leader extraordinaire, to catch […]