Advocacy, Access, and Movement for the Silenced.
How quickly the winter of your life, sneaks up on you. You spend your youth wishing for your future and you spend your future, wishing for your youth. I guess that is the irony of life, never content with the time you are living in right now. Always either saying, “I can’t wait until… “,…
It’s 10: 00 pm on November 4th, and I’m sweating harder than a fattened turkey during the Thanksgiving holiday! I’m not sure whether it is global warming, climate change, Indian summer, or whatever they are calling it these days. Oh, wait a minute, I’m not allowed to say Indian summer am I? I guess I’m…
There are said to be five stages of grief, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. It is unfortunately something we all experience at some point in our lives. There are things we can do to lessen the results of grief, like maintaining our family ties and keeping a strong connection with our faith. The way…
Like the quill pen and Blockbuster Video stores, Daylight Savings Time is an idea, that has outlived its usefulness. First enacted on March 19th, 1918, it was done to conserve resources during World War 1. It lasted for just seven months. As opposed to the common myth, that it has something to do with farming….
The “avoidance of the depletion of natural resources, to maintain an ecological balance. ” That is how Oxford Languages, defines sustainability. In reality, there can be other types of sustainability, which don’t involve ecological resources. For instance, someone may be involved, with the financial sustainability of either themselves or a business. In that case, they…
My sister’s eldest son, my first nephew Michael, passed away last Tuesday, October 18, 2022. My heart goes out to her and Michael’s birth father, Michael Senior. I dedicate this post to my sister Theresa, Michael Sr., Michael’s daughters, and my dearly departed nephew Michael. I can’t begin to imagine the pain that losing a…
I was watching a little TV the other day, and I realized that we’ve come a long way since the days of Dick VanDyke and Snap, Crackle, and Pop. Being advertised, was a deodorant for your butt! I kid you not. The product is called Lume, and the lady spokesperson was suggesting you apply it…
Several months ago, we were approved for a home aide, who helps with a lot of the light-duty tasks around the house. Lending us some much-appreciated help. Her name is Heaven, and she lives about a mile down the road, with her boyfriend Josh, a friend of mine. She is a very sweet young woman….
Today was the first day of fall. Coincidentally, the heat wave we’ve also been experiencing was ended last night, by some heavy thunderstorms. We ended up with temperature drops, from the ’90s, down 20 degrees or so, to around 70. I got up in my chair today. It is something that I have been able…