The Mermaid is (Finally!) Above and on The Land Again

The afternoon Sun is benevolent, caressing. The brown and blue and green of my day/living room are peaceful, welcoming. I cherish my times of Peace, like this. When I am NOT Above it is Terrifying. I wish I could live always in this warm cocoon,  on this dry rocky shore, but it is not so!  […]

Nov. 6th, 2018 Midterm Election

Big turnouts in Norfolk–I worked the polls at Pretlow Library in Norfolk. 1548 voters cast votes in a Precinct with some 2900 voters, according to Precinct Chief Election Officer Mark Snell-Cook, and the Democrats early appeared to carry the day there. No Republicans were observing, and apparently few were electioneering this polling place, or at […]

Calling Names

How ignorant are some, especially young, Americans about American history! Yankee, johnny, yanqui! Redskin, la raza, whitey, honqi…. We called each other every name in the book…….Despite, or perhaps because of that, we are better off today than ever before? We still have a long, long way to go. For still still there is that […]