1) Are your parents married or divorced? - Divorced when I was a teenager. My father died about 15 years ago.
2) Are you a vegetarian? - OH YES!!  For 35 years. And mostly a vegan for the last 25, as well.  Though I will cheat on dairy in foods when I am out of our house.
3) Do you believe in Heaven? - I just don't know.  I figure I will try to do ( Read more... )

Oh, I can sit back now with a little glass of kaluah (is that how that is spelled?I should know, it's not as if it's a stranger to me) and feel relieved and happy. Thank you, America. Now please let's start some investigations that the Republican held congress had refused to call.

Sleep well tonight...my friends.

I'm sitting at my computer looking out the window at drenching rain. Forecasts call for all sorts of flooding around the region. It's stormy and beautiful, but I hope it's not too bad for people living near rivers in the surrounding farmland. By tomorrow we'll know ( Read more... )

Picture Practice!! lj cut experiment!! A new world for me ( Read more... )

WOW!! The new show, Studio 60, that just premiered last night is brilliant!! It's very funny, but it also has weight.  Lots of commentary on the dumbing down of media and the way networks serve corporate interests.  Very smartly made points, while being very entertaining at the same time.   Lots of charisma in the cast--great writing.  Can't wait ( Read more... )

Okay.  I just got back from taking my daughter to college and LEAVING HER THERE, in Los Angeles.  I know Mech just went through the same separation thing--hope that all went well.  I think it's all going to be a marvelous experience, but I'll certainly miss her.  But it's a good adventure for all.  She is so capable and mature.  I know that even ( Read more... )

I was tagged long ago--I believe it was
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I am posting just  because the world has turned many times since I last did it, posted, that is.  That seems good enough of a reason ( Read more... )

I haven't checked my journal in recent days--and when I did, I found I'd been tagged over a week ago by Ms_Banazira.  Oh, my.  Late I am--but here I am.

Ten Simple Pleasures
Name ten of life's simple pleasures that you like most, then pick ten people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, sitting in my very middleclass, white, Republican elementary school--it was explained to us that our country was different than the communist countries, for many reasons, but one thing was certain--in communist countries, the government did not respect individual rights and privacy. We were told that the communist governments ( Read more... )