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Thanks Giving - A Bone of Contention
It was not until recently I discovered how controversial Thanksgiving really was. True that our national bird might have been a Turkey if Ben Franklin had had his way, but instead we settled on the Eagle. We can't even say the Pilgrims when they sat and ate with the Narragansetts, or was it the Wampanaogs?, (correct me if I have the wrong tribe) ( Read more... ) -
transititions are a real challenge
I've been out of a job since June. It seems as if it were only yesterday. I wonder what the rest of the world is doing out there, since I have not been in the heart beat of it all for a while. For example ( Read more... ) -
Here and there, and back again2
I just got back from a trip to Tennessee with friends who left the SWFL area to settle there. It was a step away from the huckle buckle of home to visit a city about the same size. I noticed they let one smoke in the bars of the airport at Charlotte, NC, which is a MOST civilized way to handle this. Rather than paying an average of $8-12.00 for ( Read more... ) -
Between here and there
Yep, I finally got smitten with Ebay. Over the last month I have ranged from fantasy purchases one would never dream of ever acquiring, and of setting up my own little batch of stuff to sell for the sake of recouping my expenses for excessive purchases. What lessons can be learned from this ( Read more... ) -
Somethings are worth doing just because they got done.
Ok so I posted what I accomplished in the last month as a comment in the last message. Now I need to make a priority list of what I want to do so I can avoid procrastinating on some of these. Time is too precious! I would really be mad at myself if I did not take advantage of my free time to do some of them ( Read more... ) -
ChachachaCHANGES!
Well this old lady is back in the job hunt again, or then maybe setting up a business. Since last time I attended an SBA business plan class and have started constructing a business. Lots of unanwered questions still to resolve there, but it has been interesting working a business plan and doing job search all at the same time ( Read more... ) -
Violence and the Media
One of the topics for a class I did this week for some 276 6th grade students was on Violence and the Media. It really is an exposure to media literacy. Media literacy as its purpose is not proposing to students that violence is bad; but it is to have them understand the way media would distort reality, and tend to lead people astray if they were ( Read more... ) -
Fractals and the way things are.
Fractals have been occupying a bit of my time lately. I have diverted from working on the family history as a result. It's the creative side of me that loves fractals. I see so many things in nature that resonate to the same frequency as many fractals. Not to say looking at the real thing isn't the best thing. Look at just plants and how they ( Read more... ) -
Moving past the hard times into the good
I will soon be free,
and to look at my world
what will it be?
It's the journey, not the path.
