Faith, Fear, and a Hospice
I was at the hospice with my fiance's dad when he died- James' siblings weren't able to get there in time, and James had used up his leave. Watching Fred die, holding his hand and telling him (even...
View ArticleA book you MUST READ- and ACT on!
I'm in the middle of a book that you simply MUST read: Eternal Hostility by Frederick Clarkson. (It's available from his website at http://www.frederickclarkson.com/)- (more below the fold!)
View ArticleThey knew it would happen- AND THE MAP TO PROVE IT!
My fiance, who normally thinks I wear tinfoil everyday, sent me this today:Well,....it seems, at a professional convention, some emergency preparedness officials from NO appoached a guy with a...
View ArticleSam and me- the story of an argument
Like many of you, I went to a party last night- about 20 of us, with plenty of food, drinks, board games, and a fireplace blazing as we waited for the New Year.
View ArticleI may have just done a Very Bad Thing... or Not. UPDATE: With amazing new...
All of us, at one time or another, manage to stumble into family controversies- I think it's part of the human condition, and perfectly normal. Some of us handle them better than others...This one...
View ArticleLainie takes aim...
(Posted earlier this evening at Street Prophets)Ok, so there's this fundamentalist website that I read a couple of times a week, to see what they're up to mostly. Here. I usually find something to be...
View ArticleDemocrats conspiring to keep me poor!
I posted this as a comment in nyceve's diary, but it occurred to me that it could be a durn good little diary on it's own, so...
View ArticleI am a coward.
I am pigeon livered, a wussy, weak, gutless, fraidy-cat, wimp, feeble, pusillanimous, spineless, panty-waist, sissy, pushover, yellow-bellied poltroon.
View ArticleMr President, what have you done for us? (A letter to the White House)
I'm sick and weary and watching people around me suffer, and watching the top2% put out their hands to the rest of us and demand more. This letter was written out of this frustration. It's going in the...
View Article**HELP** Family emergency in Eugene, OR **update**
Is there anyone out there who works in Family Law in Oregon (Eugene/Springfield) or knows someone who would be willing to let us contact them before 8am on the 23rd (tomorrow)?
View ArticleIndiana- and my answer to prejudice.
So I have something to get off my chest. It's my observation that it is a lot easier to fear and even vilify something and someone if you don't know them. Most of the fear of the dark closet at night...
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