That Area Between Black and White
I’ve been at this a long time, and looking back, most of the posts I make in this blog come down to responsibility and choice. Our right and freedom to choose, our responsibilities with respect to those rights and freedoms, and the rights and freedoms of others. After all, our rights and freedoms are the …
When this chapter is finished, when Trump is out, don’t think this is over. He’s only a symptom as demonstrated by the mobs of terrorists police led into our Capitol yesterday. The GOP does not work for us. I will not forget the GOP’s coup attempt or what the GOP had their supporters do in …
You don’t owe anyone forgiveness. Forgiveness is a gift you give, but it’s for yourself as much as it’s for anyone else. And when a person asks for forgiveness, it’s never a requirement that you give it just as it’s never a requirement that you accept an apology just because it’s offered. It won’t change …
Exhausted. Just tired. Numb. No reaction to the election results, yet, but feeling a bit less dread, I think. There are still many weeks of damage to be done before we can get #3, Pence, Barr, Stephen Miller, DeVos, DeJoy, et al out of our House. There’ll be time to celebrate after they’re gone and …
Right back where I was. I’m standing on the path, standing mostly still, standing firm. There is no path in front of me; it abruptly ends at what the Patriarchy calls a “big, beautiful wall.” Their hungry eyes gleam with malice and greed as they grin and slowly, intentionally mouth the words “big. beautiful. wall.” …
Just before ringing in 2020, a reporter asked Melania Trump what she wished for in the New Year, and her answer was “piss on the world” (peace on the world). Normally, I wouldn’t use the literal pronunciation/poke fun at a person’s dialect – I don’t speak any other languages so have no room to talk …
We joke about Speaker Pelosi being the highest level official in the USA while the higher level sleazes of the GOP are out of the country at once. “Quick, throw their stuff out on the lawn and change the locks!” we jest, but around us in news in the United States of America are decidedly …
I’m not going to beg. We’re all adults; I shouldn’t have to. But I am going to remind everyone how we got in this hole in the first place, how it keeps getting deeper, pulling the nation further down. Too many Americans made up their minds, often based on lies and propaganda, and then wouldn’t …
Crime is bad. There are degrees of crimes, but it is generally bad to commit a crime. I wonder how many crimes I’ve committed this week, probably only trespassing and speeding, but who’s to say, for sure? There are laws on the books that we laugh about; they’re still laws, and violating them is still …
Vote like a black woman. I’ve been seeing this all over social media, and it’s good advice, sounds simple, but there is a lot of information included in those five words about their choices and motivations. I was chugging right along on these two parts of the post, eager to talk about the Democratic Party, …