I just encountered the story of Camille Claudel, an artist from a century prior who worked side by side with sculptor Rodin and eventually was snubbed, institutionalized and crushed.
Is just some other random DEI history tidbit to sweep aside?
Or not? How much is-ness isn't there when individuals aren't allowed the freedom to follow their paths?…
The Elon & Felon Team march on. Will they burn so many and so much, and so quickly, that none can respond in the Chaos if the Ages? Will they spark so many fires of resistance to burn away their treachery?
Time will tell.
In the meantime, we each can do what we can from where we…
Some of us can see Trump's gaslighting with "facts that aren't facts but are facts, to him, because he calls them facts." We can see how little critical thinking is going and how many people are accepting something as true because, well, Trump said it, or some podcast they listen to amplified the lie without…
Here's an article I wrote for a local gardening newsletter.
Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
As you’re finishing up your spring garden plans with vegetables a-plenty on your mind, consider creating some space to plant more herbs, as well. Quite a few herbs are rather easy to grow in the “7b hardiness zone” where we…
The WaPo has an article discussing reasons for falling birthrates. OK, yeah. Lots there. But the story is never the full story unless the lens of generational change is laid over the data. (That's my stance, at least.)
Societal moods (or what we also call eras) affect birthrates, which always go down in Fourth Turnings, or…
Mitch voted against Tulsi. Against Pete. The lone Republican dissenter against the former; one of but a small trio for the latter. The Resistance has begun.
I predict a new movement. A minority voice within the Republican party at first. Growing in size as repercussions of Trump's Revenge Tour 2025 begin to show in effect, and…
I wasn't much of one into history in my days of mandatory and free public education. And I wasn't particularly interested in civics either. But I do remember being bowled over when learning about the three branches of the U.S. government and their powers to check each other.
That care and intelligence I found brilliant, wonderful…
I know such things said after the fact can be in the "yeah, yeah, sure, whatever" category, but I will say it now:
When now-Prime Minister Musk first bought Twitter, I had this moment where I was in a state of not-quite-awakeness and not-quite-asleep-ness when I was suddenly overcome with a sense of extreme danger that…
I love everything about this video, this message, this PSA, this public-health information and this call to action. Everything.
What a world we live in now that a child/teen can be the carrier of such accurate and helpful information in their village or community, to their parents and loved ones. (How generationally appropriate, too, as the…
What a world, what a world, when the custom-color options for a range/stove are such!
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I've seen these images before, these well-preserved cave paintings from some 35,000 years ago, in Chauvet Pont d'Arc caves and grottos in France.
And, each time I see them, I am so touched.
These walls of cave art aren't simply the collective scribbles of just a bunch of someones. These are creations are from the hearts of…
If you want to understand the extraordinary combined power of the mid-life GenXers and the young adult Millennials of our nation, look to the response effort to the American Airlines, DCA-Wichita crash.
Look to the coordination, the capacity and the can-do of the diverse group of local, state and federal responders. Look to the thoughtfulness and…
