My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families in Florida touched by the Valentine’s Day tragedy, and all families who have been touched by gun violence. Thoughts and prayers are necessary and appropriate to extend, and although it may help families know we care, it doesn’t equate to action being taken to… Continue reading Thoughts and Prayers

The current Regime has decided not to release the Democratic Rebuttal Memo. Color me surprised. This was the inevitable conclusion everyone should have predicted. Personally, I didn’t feel the Nunes Memo should have been released after seeing our national security departments felt it would be a “grave” mistake. After reading the Memo, I’m not sure… Continue reading To Release or Not to Release, that is the question

Tonight I can’t do it. I can’t turn on the TV and watch the devastation of our country and the world. I can’t get the motivation to really do anything. I can’t look at Facebook too much due to the outrage over many recent events, and an outrage that is rightfully so. I just can’t… Continue reading I Just Can’t Do It

This time of year is always a little sad because I have to say goodbye to my garden until next spring. We are about to get our last bit of tomatoes this weekend. For the first time, I kept a gardening log through most of the growing season. I wanted to track what I planted… Continue reading The End of the Season

Most of us have now returned to a new school year. Students have arrived, parents have been met, lessons have been planned, everyone is back to the school routine. As the year progresses, I’d like to request all of us keep the following points in mind for us all to have a successful school year.… Continue reading Back to School Thinking Points

I don’t often have reason to praise our elected Republican friends, as they think too much of themselves, their financial self-interests and those in the top 1%, than us regular people. So I wanted to say thank you to Senator McCain (AZ), Senator Collins (ME) and Senator Murkowski (AK), for voting no on the so-called… Continue reading Kudos to McCain, Collins and Murkowski

I’m an avid political watcher. I get news about both sides and from a variety of sources. In my heart, I’m a liberal who believes we, as a society, need to take care of everyone. I also believe everyone should be able to earn a good profit for a good life, and I also believe… Continue reading You aren’t a true Christian if…

Two articles caught my attention this week about climate change and the human part of the equation. The first was a series of photographs posted on Facebook showing how humans are interacting with our planet, and not in a good way. These photographs have had climate change on my mind more than usual this week.… Continue reading What If Climate Change Deniers Are Wrong