Four helicopters flew overhead. Big ones. Flying in formation. These were not Action News helicopters. This was different. I was walking my sister around the back yard of her board and care home. She had her walker going, the scrape of the legs against the concrete. Still, the noise of four helicopters drowned out everything… Continue reading Helicopters, the President, and Facebook
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America’s Problem with a Woman President
I am posting this while watching the first night of the Democratic debates. I am sure I will get some hate comments from this post, but I felt the need to write it. I also hope I am wrong. Please tell me why I am wrong. The other day I watched late-night host John Oliver… Continue reading America’s Problem with a Woman President
The Politics of Dating
(Dialogue on a first date between senior man and senior woman) “You look nice.” “Sorry I am late.” “Let me tell you about my third wife.” “I have two dogs.” “I used to work on defense missiles.” “You must like to play video games.” “I like you.” “I am not a Republican, but I bet… Continue reading The Politics of Dating
The Power of your Vote
Yes, it seems hopeless. Yes, we have a president that did not receive the majority of the votes cast in 2016. It has happened twice in this century. It all seems rigged. But staying home is not going to help. We need to get Trump’s enablers out of congress. We need the 93 million Americans… Continue reading The Power of your Vote
Jeff Bezos Rules the World
Macy’s, Sears, J. Crew, Radio Shack, J.C. Penney, Kmart, Payless Shoe Source, closed or closing stores in 2018. Borders, Barnes and Noble, and indie bookstores everywhere are closing. Mom and Pop shops are no more. What Ebay and Etsy did to antique stores, Amazon is doing to all the rest of the brick and mortar… Continue reading Jeff Bezos Rules the World
Baby It’s Cold Outside
My large chorus has performed Baby, It’s Cold Outside twice in the past week. A classic holiday tune, it has been called rapey by Millennials online. As in, the guy wants to date-rape his gal with the swell-looking hair. Baby It’s Cold Outside was written in the 1940’s as a romantic song of seduction. But… Continue reading Baby It’s Cold Outside
The Worst Undoing of America
Donald Trump has got to be, hands down, the worst president I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime, and I’m old. Here is his list of atrocities thus far: 1. Elephants 2. Taxes 3. No more home owner’s deductions on interest 4. No more Medicaid for 13 million 5. Messing up my Medicare 6. Russia 7.… Continue reading The Worst Undoing of America
FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER! 