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Photo by Thang Cao on Pexels.com Yo-yos were toys that I was never even marginally good at. I got good enough to get one to return to me probably three times at my best. But anything more? Like ‘walk the dog’, ‘around the world’, or doing two at once? Not a chance. Didn’t do very well with Slinkies either. It’s not the toys’ fault. I tried them and just didn’t ‘click’ with them as a toy. I…

Photo by GMB VISUALS on Pexels.com Children and teachers in school getting their day’s activities underway. Suddenly, someone walks into the building armed to the teeth and starts shooting. Now, under the rules of war, children and civilians are to be considered non-targets. Soldiers are trained carefully NOT to shoot in the direction of non-combatants. Doing so is a war crime, and, if proven,…

I wrote this 2 years ago and, doggone, look at all that has happened since then! Now we know that they DO see women as second-class citizens and that they see men as being dominant, all-powerful, authoritarian figures who are ENTITLED to beat, rape, and control the women in their lives. We do not. Women are equal citizens in our eyes and we celebrate them as the wonderful, liberated, and powerful people they are. Please share this. We want them to know that they are accepted with us. Everyone is. Hey, we fuss and quarrel a bit, but that's what families do. When it comes to stuff like this, we have your back. No questions asked.

Let’s start with the first most basic fact that drives people who subscribe to the patriarchal system absolutely crazy: There is not a single person on this earth who got here without a woman. Trace every bit of work done on this planet. No matter whose hands did the labor, a woman made those hands. It is impossible to get away from that fact. It is also nearly impossible to find a person who…

I don’t know how familiar any of my readers are with being on a working farm or just being around livestock. Here’s the short version: You can get “unalived” or maimed out there in a heartbeat and, in at least 90% of the cases, you won’t be even missed for hours, and even when you are, people won’t know which direction to go in to look for your body. Photo by Vinicius Pontes on…

Photo by Dominika Roseclay on Pexels.com Our last Christmas together as a democracy. That sounds really ominous, doesn’t it? But it very well could be the case. I certainly do not want it to be and my optimistic personality says that it won’t be, but I’m realistic enough to realize that in 2016, I didn’t think that our country would elect that awful farce of a man to the White House either. But…

Photo by Edmond Dantu00e8s on Pexels.com I get it. I do. If you want to get angry, get angry at the Republicans in power. They wanted to MAKE IT A DAMNED NUISANCE in hopes that fewer people would go to the polls. Historically, when fewer people go to the polls, their people generally win. It’s a form of voter suppression. They will try EVERY cheating method they can find. One of the things that…