Is there a story, a theme in this?
This year the dads are spending the day stretching toward the sun.
Seems appropriate.
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150621 – Celebrations
Posted in Children, Health and Food, Humanism, Nature, Politics, tagged 2015 Summer Solstice, Fathers Day, International Yoga Day on June 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
150618 – Death at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.
Posted in Human Rights, Humanism, Justice, Politics, Racism, tagged Charleston, Hate Crime, Roof, SC on June 19, 2015| 2 Comments »
Richard Cohen: SPLC statement on the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina
Alternet’s Comments: Dylann Roof Is America
Why? Evil simply exists and takes advantage of the the openings our society provides. We are out of excuses for the society that created and turned loose a 21 year old, whose brain isn’t fully developed until around 25, to be the instrument of evil. (more…)
Earth Day 2015
Posted in Economy, Environment, Health and Food, Humanism, Justice, Nature, Politics on April 22, 2015| 3 Comments »
April 22, 2015
Where are we? Or more clearly, were am I?
To the plus side:
Our two bathroom house finally has a second toilet and it’s low flow.
There is low flow in the shower.
Our property is an estimated 4800 sqft. Approximately half of that space is used by the house, carport and driveway. We packed the remaining space with subsistence in mind.
In a neighborhood where most yards have traditionally sported dead lawns, ours is long gone. Instead we have a zoned front yard with drought tolerant plants near the street and a mix of young fruit trees, veggies, berries and flowers closer to the house. While this makes us the weirdest neighbors on the block, I think we have had an influence. the rest of the street has noticeably improved their yard care since I began grubbing around ours.
Most of the front and back yard are on timed nighttime sprinklers. (more…)
2014 – A CANCEROUS RESOLUTION
Posted in Health and Food, Health Care, Human Rights, Humanism, Politics, tagged marriage, Partners, Right to Know, The Other Half on January 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I WILL NOT BE AN AUDIENCE TO SOME MACABRE VERSION OF THE “RITE OF SPRING” AS A LOVED ONE PERFORMS AND “SAGE” DOCTORS HUDDLE AROUND PULLING THEIR BEARDS.
WILL NOT.
WON’T HAPPEN.
October’s Colors are Red, Black and Blue: Domestic Violence
Posted in Feminism, Humanism, women, Women's Rights, tagged Domestic Violence, Justice System on October 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I am struck by the irony of October being National Domestic Violence Month, and that I failed to commemorate it in this blog. I have been drawn into a neighbor’s struggle to begin her life anew due to domestic violence. Her lift to flight is occurring now and she will soar by the end of the month to a new county, and hopefully, a better life. Perhaps this is October’s best tribute. If there is anything I have learned from this experience, it is that from the outside, a person’s struggle to break free can appear to be something very different. At various times many of us in the neighborhood, including me, have thought her to be a liar, thief, drug user, public resource manipulator, and certainly, an indifferent mother. (more…)
Life, Posts and Kenya
Posted in Health Care, Humanism, Media, Politics, tagged Cancer, Kenya, Nairobi, Terrorism, Westfield on September 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Many years ago, I received a call from my father and listened to the sound of calm terror in his voice, when he told me that he he had been diagnosed with mesothelioma.
Last month I heard that sound again.
This month has been a flurry of tests and appointments, planning and treatments to battle non small cell lung cancer.
Who knows the future? There is today and what is folded into life’s pattern.
One thing my analogic brain noted was that the Kenyan mall was reported on one news station as a Westfield Mall. In my experience, the Australian Westfield Corporation takes over other malls, rough shods contractors, aggressively nit picks pennies over larger long term savings, sucks what they can out of the malls and passes them on with superficial and minimal improvements. I imagine the corporate structure and bottom line for them is similar in most locations, so I wonder how a tangential condition, like worldwide mall management similarities, plays into considerations of terrorism, anger and murder. (more…)
Texas Winds up it’s Abortion Bill Fight
Posted in Congress, ERA, Feminism, Feminist Majority, Health Care, Human Rights, Humanism, Politics, Women's Rights, tagged HB2, Right to Choose, Texas on July 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Amid the reports that tampons were being confiscated from the Chamber gallery viewers, (Guns are not.) the abortion bill, now numbered HB2, is under debate this evening.
CA – 9th Circuit Court Lifts Gay Marriage Ban Early
Posted in Communications, Humanism, Justice, LGBT, Politics, tagged 9th District Court, CA, California, DOMA, Gay marriage, Gov. Jerry Brown, Kamela Harris, Prop 8 on June 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Update: First gay couple prepares to be wed in Sacramento
[The first couple to show up at the Sacramento County Clerk’s office Friday were Sacramentans Nicola Simmersbach and Diana Luiz, who have been together seven years.
“I didn’t think this would happen today,” Simmersbach said. “This isn’t really what we planned on wearing but we’re here.”
“We’ve been fighting on the Capitol steps for this moment,” Luis said….
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/28/5532445/first-gay-couple-prepares-to-be.html#storylink=cpy
Offices will be open until 7:00 PM tonight and closed over the weekend. They are suggesting that anyone who wants to get married on Monday register online first to speed up the process. See HERE.
Update: At Governor Jerry Brown’s to urging to expedite the issue, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has lifted the ban on Gay Marriage in California.
With the earlier directive by Brown to all 58 Counties to start issuing licenses, the 25 day wait till the court ruled has been eliminated.
Marriages could start as early as today!
Wendy Davis-WOW!
Posted in 51 Percent, Congress, Feminism, Feminist Majority, Great American Women, Health and Food, Health Care, Human Rights, Humanism, Politics, women, Women's Rights, tagged SB5, Texas, Wendy Davis on June 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Update: Amazing, but it looks like SB5 DID NOT PASS!! they are agreeing that the vote was completed art 12:02 AM. What a great job the Texas Democrats and the Gallery did tonight! (more…)
Breaking! The Girly Proletariat just scored a win in the “free” market…
Posted in ERA, Feminism, Feminist Majority, Humanism, Politics, women, Women's Rights, tagged Facebook Protest on May 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
(Frankly, Facebook has bothered me for a while for other reasons than that discussed in the reblog above. However, this is an important issue. Facebook needs to better understand, clarify and act on what constitutes harassment, violence, bullying and pornography as items of banal abuse of women.)
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