My recent tech saga, The Cat Vomit Chronicle, appears to have come out with a rather happy ending after all. This is NOT a sponsored post, not one cat-scratched word of it. But every word of it is true. Some of you may remember my griping in an earlier post about my cat spitting […]
NaBloPoMo: Writing Every Day and Serving Whom?
I am contemplating signing up for September’s NaBloPoMo over at BlogHer. A pledge to write everyday is no biggy for me, but a pledge to post every day on the same blog is a bit of a serious commitment for me. NaBloPoMo started as National Blog Posting Month, a writing challenge, a few years ago. […]
"I Attended" Badge for BlogHer '13 Attendees
If you like the I Attended Badge, above and in the sidebar, you can download it by selecting the blue “free badge” button. It is free. [purchase_link id=”4324″ style=”button” color=”blue” text=”badge”] You can help me test some store software, and your purchase/download will allow me to know if it works. True, I will add your email […]
Everything Old Is New Again…Like Measles. Part 2
The current outbreak of measles in a Texas community unfortunately illustrates where group-think based in ignorance, power over children to the detriment of those children, and ridicule of non-believers that keeps members in check can lead. I wrote about this yesterday in conjunction with Shot@Life, an international campaign to vaccinate and immunize the world’s children. […]
Everything Old Is New Again…Like Measles. Part 1
I’m writing this as a reminder to myself and others about what we as a people, as humanity, know, and what we should act upon. This post started out as a rant, but the rant will be in Part 2 as tomorrow’s post, and the action item is today’s post. The outbreak of measles in […]
50 Years Later: A New Nonviolent Movement for Voting Rights and Jobs
The 50th Anniversary gather and march in honor of The March on Washington for Jobs and Justice this weekend was inspiring and moving! I cried when I saw Emmett Till’s cousin standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the parents of Trayvon Martin. My heart connected to Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain activist […]