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I remember McCarthyism, Vietnam protests, civil rights marches and legislation. Bad times starting out, but good results eventually. Now I'm scared AND angry, because I see democracy slipping away. People now feel it's okay to dismiss minorities, immigrants, anyone who disagrees and follow up sometimes with violence. The law is ignored by those in power, [...]

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Millions of citizens have become mobilized. Protests every day, major country wide ones twice this month. Even SCOTUS has acted on the side of the law, but still the administration acts as though no one has any rights but them. No one, especially if you’re an immigrant, but  citizens they don’t like might be next [...]

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Every year I say “Boy this year flew by in the blink of an eye.” By now you’d think I’d have something new, more profound, but no, the year did fly by. It was each day that sometimes dragged on. The election didn’t help, the world is getting scarier, nobody is stepping up to the [...]

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So the election didn’t go the way we wanted, at least the way I wanted. So no matter all the analysis, I still can’t really understand choosing a felon-liar-cheat over a competent, experienced woman, but it happened. I still have lots to be thankful for, friends who are near, family far away, all whom I [...]

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Everyone has something to say about the upcoming election. I’m no different. I rant and rave, my stress level is high, and I worry our country will go down the drain if trumf gets in. It is absolutely unbelievable that anyone hearing this person and his never-ending spew of grievances coupled with lie after lie [...]

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The year is more than half over, it’s almost election time and my creative juices were starting to dry up. But ever the optimist, well almost one, I’ve joined a writing class hopeful it will help me replenish those juices. The election is front and center at this time, again hopeful we elect Kamala and [...]

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It’s a big decision to relaunch a book, yet it really made sense. If not now when? I felt the book deserved another chance, sort of a last hurrah, although neither the novel or I plan on going anywhere. The story is still relevant today, about a woman facing seemingly insurmountable odds. It happens in […]

This poem was published by the Muddy River Poetry Review in their Spring Issue JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE A flash, an explosion and the trip begins. Off to find the morning of the universe, when the world was diapered against exploding stars. Black holes filled with empty darkness, memories of a big bang before everything […]

We need to be thankful to make our day complete Many big things are often mentioned health, family, friends But so many people don’t have these for what should they give thanks? A walk in a neighborhood where there is no gunshot speaking a grievance that is heard and respected a hand extended when they […]

I can't believe all the wars I've been alive for ( I did miss the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, but not too many others). We're always thinking of our vets on November 11, but what about the other 364 days of the year? There's a major problem that all our recent vets [...]

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