Weekends are free writing times which means there are no official themed prompts published for those of us participating in NaBloPoMo. So I have decided to rework something written ages ago when I fist thought of starting this blog. I have not felt empty since I gave birth to my lovely little bird who, in […]
The Gifts We Give to Our Children
I am so happy that my husband and I were able to help our daughter get a nice car — today! She will be graduated from university very soon and will head off across country on her own. I’m not a 1 percenter, no where close, not even in the same universe. So the car […]
Happy December!
I really want to get back to FUN posting, so I’m doing NaBloPoMo this month, December 2011. I hope to fill the month with lots of photos and fun posts about family, milestones, grandbabies, baking, and traditions. As an early Holiday gift, I’m posting this texture (above) that I created for use in Second Life® […]
Arizona Constitution Protects Occupy Tucson Yet Arrests Continue
For Tucson this past week has been a busy one. First the air was calming down after El Tour de Tucson, and gearing up for Buy Nothing Day and Shop Local Saturday, then on Thanksgiving the air was abuzz with how wonderful it was that Gabby Giffords was able to serve Thanksgiving dinner to the […]
bread and cupcake crumbs
bread and cupcake crumbs by nancy hill today I am thinking about polka dots birthday parties babies that i love but scarcely know trajectories unknown then a mothers sister’s mother loved me less than all her other mothers in decades beyond remembrance her toddler tentacles of charm and distributed intelligence ensnared me no less […]
More of Dorothea Lange's Images & Subjects
Continuing yesterday’s topic of parallels between the Great Depression and the current Recession, the fragility of families and children in the 99%, both then and now, is troubling. Lange’s photos personalized the migrants who took to the roads looking for labor in the fields of the west after their jobs were either lost to the […]