Winter Storm. I hope everyone is recovering from the polar vortex faced by most of the country. My sister-in-law and her daughter’s family live in Nashville. They lost power. My niece stayed at the Vanderbilt hospital working to protect her Read more…
To my memory, I have never used the word fascist in a conversation. I have never known a good definition for the term. Knowing my ignorance I did not use the term. In addition, I thought too many people tossed Read more…
Obviously, many events are happening in Minnesota. Today I will restrict my thoughts to fraud. First, fraud is wrong and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The investigation of fraud in Minnesota, first initiated when Biden Read more…
Our year is off to a good start. Jeny got her leg brace off. She is gaining strength, flexibility and mobility. I am happy for her. I am glad to help her but she is happier doing things on her Read more…
The Holiday Season is here. In addition to our ordinary activities, we have company coming, a house to clean and decorate, presents to buy and wrap, meals to prepare, and love to share with family. We have a trip to Read more…
Birthday. I celebrated my 83rd birthday on Tuesday. My poetry prompt for the week was “What would you tell your younger self?” The two events led me to a reflection about my life. When I began my grandmother’s phone was Read more…
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. In the previous blog I shared many of the reasons I celebrate Thanksgiving. Using many of those thoughts I wrote a poem about celebrating thanksgiving every day. I shared it on Facebook, so Read more…
For me, Thanksgiving is a season not just one day. Because I have much for which to be thankful the season is special. I have lived over 30,000 days. Not one day was I without food, water, shelter, clothing, transportation, Read more…
Veterans’ Day was Tuesday. I did not serve but I celebrated the day. My dad served in WWII. He was a radar technician in a MASH unit. After his training he was stationed in the Philippines. My mother waited without Read more…
The history of Germany in the build up to WWII has important lessons for me. Discussions of the lessons in today’s political climate are muted because if a lesson happens to apply to the current administration, the fear is I Read more…