Those who know me fairly well, or know me over time, will know that I have strong political beliefs. Those who do not know me but have read recent pieces I have written may be surprised that I would talk politics when my brother is in hospice and his life weighs so heavily on my […]
Divest from Cerberus and Other Manufacturers of Mass Murder
Albertsons, Osco, Bushmaster – what do these corporations have in common? They are all part of the Cerberus Group. That includes the Freedom Group unit that made the Bushmaster Rifle used in Sandy Hook mass murder to slaughter 20 babies and their educational guardians. The Freedom Group, which includes Remington and Marlin Firearms, is one of […]
Favorite Storage, for Ideas?
I like boxes. I like to have everything categorized. A perfect storage area for me would be a room lined with shelves with breathable, acid free boxes that were so well labeled that no matter what I want to display or contemplate something from my life, library or personal museum, I can simply go to […]
Personal Exec Summary of BlogHer '12
Amazing women of all stripes, that sums up the annual BlogHer conference for me. Annually in July or August since 2005, for two to three days, women who write online or who are thinking about starting a blog gather in a major city to learn, share, discuss topics with each other and woo and be […]
Absolutes in Transition
In this series of posts that I began yesterday I am looking at this past week’s significant newsworthy developments with an eye toward what crucial and competing cultural processes are at work in the world today and what they might signify within our culture. These events are: the Occupy groups the outing of corrupt college […]