The Death Penalty
posted 12 days ago and has 2 comments
I heard much on the news, the blogs, the posts, etc. about the Supremes decison today declaring it unconsitutional to apply the death penatly to child rape. While I've said it wouldn't matter if it were my child, or grandchild (I'll probably commi...
War kills the soul
posted about 1 month ago, updated 2 minutes later and has 3 comments
With Memorial Day just having passed, many of us are thinking of those who risk their lives now, and those who have given all in the past.
We need to remember Vietnam, we felt the heart ache, still do, see it on the faces of the vets everyday.
S...
We need to remember Vietnam, we felt the heart ache, still do, see it on the faces of the vets everyday.
S...
The Yearly Cancer Check!
posted about 1 month ago and has 5 comments
The first few years is a deadly dread, has it come back? What will they tell me?
Then, it becomes something different. What has transpired in my life over the past twelve months? How have I made the world better? How many friends have I lost? Wh...
Then, it becomes something different. What has transpired in my life over the past twelve months? How have I made the world better? How many friends have I lost? Wh...
Roses and Wine
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 13 hours later and has 1 comment
Okay, I didn't use the title "Days of Wine and Roses"; let me not commit plagerism.
I have this one climbing rose bush, planted two, one died. Of course, the goal was to grow them over an arbor. So much for that, but the one rose bush is lovely ...
I have this one climbing rose bush, planted two, one died. Of course, the goal was to grow them over an arbor. So much for that, but the one rose bush is lovely ...
Crazy Grandmas!
posted 2 months ago, updated about 18 hours later and has 3 comments
Today I got Grammy Marilyn to switch babysitting days with me, so I could go to see Bill Clinton speak at the local High School. NEVER, has a former president visited my little burb!
Well, not to be out done, Marilyn agrees, but one ups me, takes...
Well, not to be out done, Marilyn agrees, but one ups me, takes...
Distancing yourself for those you love.
posted 2 months ago and has 2 comments
Often life is so very difficult. There are truly people in our lives that we truly love, yet their views, their injuries to us, reach the point that in order to survive me must choose a different road. Both parties are hurt, but for one it's survi...
The Defamation of a Historical Moment!
posted 2 months ago and has 0 comments
We have the most wonder-filled day before us -- a black man, a woman will be the candidate for the democratic party! Rather than celebrate the progress that shows, breathing in it's revelation, many of us bicker about the woman vs the man.
It sa...
It sa...
River Walks!
posted 2 months ago, updated about 11 hours later and has 0 comments
I remember walking along the River Walk in Augusta when my daughter lived there, thinking, "How beautiful"
Often river walks are actualy "creek walks". There seems to be new push in our state for another one along Crabtree creek. It's not a rive...
Often river walks are actualy "creek walks". There seems to be new push in our state for another one along Crabtree creek. It's not a rive...
Another Friend, WWII Veteran Lost
posted 2 months ago and has 2 comments
I'm a bit sad tonight. I've lost a dear friend. He was 84, a WWII vet. His family took him home for the funeral, and I am unable to go.
I have sat here today thinking of all the wonderful times that we had at his little beach place. The many coo...
I have sat here today thinking of all the wonderful times that we had at his little beach place. The many coo...
Why Hillary stayed with Bill?
posted 2 months ago and has 2 comments
The truth is that I don't know, and neither does anyone, but Hillary.
I look at my own life, my own experiences; and I can understand, and admire.
I went through some very difficult times in my marriage. I went from this hopeful young woman, sti...
I look at my own life, my own experiences; and I can understand, and admire.
I went through some very difficult times in my marriage. I went from this hopeful young woman, sti...
