I am eating breakfast at a Fairfield Inn in Tucumcari. And drinking coffee. Lots of coffee. I would like to make it home today. Sticking to the Interstate route, 40 to 25 to 10 adds an hour to the trip. So I’m getting on US 54 and heading SW cutting across New Mexico until I […]
Should Be On The Road
I worked my butt off last week and then drove all weekend. It is the Monday before election day. Why is it on a Tuesday? I want an answer. We citizens exercise our right to participate in our democracy, the democratic republic, in which we Americans live — the United States of America. We should vote […]
Slippery Slopes and Quicksand
I have blocked people on social media who I once truly enjoyed knowing and with whom I looked forward to conversing. I haven’t done it often, but the case that stands out most prominently in my mind taught me a long overdue lesson about drawing clear boundaries. If someone attacks me or attempts to belittle […]
Curate Change
I try to be non-political on this site, but it is very difficult for me to exclude things from my writing if a topic jars me so that I really take note. I have been wrestling with this for quite some time. Recent events have made me change my belief about what is appropriate to […]
A to Z of Iconic Reflection
The A to Z Blogging Challenge Occurs in the Month of April I have been blogging since the last millenium. I remember first participating and completing the A to Z Blogging Challenge in 2012 via my Reason Creek blog. In 2014 I started a new project that incorporates all the passions about which I research […]
In The Merry Merry Month of May
In the Merry Merry Month of May I have always loved the month May. In the area of the U.S. in which I grew up May was filled with blossoms. Probably due to being a May baby, the lilac blossoms, peony blossoms, trillium, lily of the valley, hepatica, and so many more seemed like they heralded […]