About Me
A former educator, former library services clerk and library trustee. I am also a proud and worried grandmother and historian who hates what this country is becoming. "I am mad as hell and won't take it anymore."
Recent Entries
Metamorphosis, Part 5
She thought of him looking down from heaven and sending her a message. "Tend the garden, it is us." She knew that the voice she heard was only he... read more
Metamorphosis - Pt. 4
After they were all gone she knew she would have to take stock of her situation. Her sister had talked about their chldhood and marriages, rather inep... read more
Metamorphosis - Pt. 3
Their children had hurriedly made all the arrangements in jobs and schools to attend to their mother. By the end of the first week she was not alone; ... read more
Metamorphosis - Pt. 2
On a bright, sunny, aching with promise Spring day the husband died. He was too young (only in his 50's) but it had happened. One minute he was workin... read more
What you didn't hear on the MSM
This is the part of Obama's speech I haven't heard reported by the MSM: " A similar anger exists within segments of the white community. Most working-... read more
Metamorphosis - Part 1
As Vi dug and raked little sowbugs scurried from the disturbed soil and sought shelter in the moistness of the rotting bark of last year's mulch... read more
Being too sensitive can be a sickness
The individuals in this country have become so sensitive to the truth that it is like an open wound. It has become a sickness that we are aware o... read more
New Dirty Tricks in Texas
Yesterday in the precinct that I worked at as a Democratic Election Judge I saw at least 20 died in the wool Republicans come, I might say with ashen ... read more
Still for Edwards
I am still an Edwards fan and will, if I can write his name on the primary ballot in Texas on March 4. If nothing else it will hold a flame to the fee... read more
Thomas Paine's was right
Thomas Paine in his pamphlet "Common Sense" wrote about the reasons for rejecting monarchy and hereditary titles. Among the things he wrote ... read more