2 years, and I still don't know what's in it.
posted 10 days ago, updated about 1 hour later | 1 comment
The Obama Administration has ruled that there will be no conscientious exceptions to mandated birth control and abortion coverage under the ACA regulations for preventative services. While I am deeply concerned about this infringement on religious...
On Race.
posted about 1 year ago, updated 17 minutes later | 1 comment
Lots of posts in FoS about race, and lots of charges and counter charges from members. I'm tired of it all, one (white) member opined that no white could ever see the issue from both sides, since they aren't discriminated against. If that is true ...
All the Dad's
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
Today is Father's Day, and it's easy to celebrate my Father, and my Husband, both wonderful men, who took and take fatherhood seriously and loved their offspring. More importantly they showed that love, daily and with dedication, they fed bottles,...
Boil the Water
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
I'm not a big fan of camping out. I've never slept in a tent, and I never intend to. My closest experience camping is Auntie Charlotte's cabin in Maine. We went there for a week or two every summer from 1958 until the mid '70's. At first, the cabi...
Remembering Daddy
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
Coming up upon Easter, the day that my father died. So this is always a bit of a sad time for me. He was in his mid 70's, I was only 15. But he left behind so very many happy memories. He wasn't a "man of his generation", he diapered a baby with t...
Confession
posted over 2 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 5 comments
I'm just going to put it right out there. My name is Strokey, and I am a Facebook Farmer. I have suffered ridicule from Family, Friends, and assorted right and left wing extremists. My husband makes jokes about my 3 sheep, and my grape fields. My ...
Labels, Labels, and more Labels.
posted over 2 years ago | 2 comments
My town decided when we were 11 or 12, just what box to put us in. You were Enriched, Regular, or reMedial. So the E, R, and M classes. There was some movement during Junior High, some E's went to R's, some R's became E's, and we even had a few M'...
Oh, I'm Angry.
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
Went out today with my sister, and had disturbing news about the oldest twin. Today is/was the day she will break up with her boyfriend, TJ the creep.
The child is only 14, the BF is 16, relationship has been going on for 6 months. Now I'll come r...
The child is only 14, the BF is 16, relationship has been going on for 6 months. Now I'll come r...
Sleep, Sleep, Sleep
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
We postponed Xmas this year. Our son lives in Germany, and comes home for the Xmas today, so rather than doing the Xmas morning FH and Me gift opening, then the Family opening, and then the John opening, followed by the greet John and open more gi...
