The F-Word

The F-Word, many of us use it without knowing what it actually means and what it stands for. Where does it come from? How did it start?

I Sometimes Fear …

I sometimes fear that 
people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress 
worn by grotesques and monsters 
as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis. 

Just Thinking out Quietly

A Democrat and a Republican meet in Trump’s stomach.
“Did he eat you too?” the Democrat asks.
“No, I came from the other side.

I haven’t heard the joke before. I laughed, then nodded. Yep, that’s how it’s done, also knows as brownnosing, if I am not mistaken.

Guilty until Proven Innocent

So Trump has won the election, but can’t prove it because the evidence shows otherwise. Nevertheless, he filed one lawsuit after the next -because the name of the game is denial and he plays it well for decades. It keeps his fanatic fans and followers busy hoping and dreaming of a time when democracy will be dead once and for all and a new area of everlasting Republican Plutocracy will transport the wealthy 1% of our population straight into paradise.

Democracy is like Tinkerbell

This election day is important to me. The last four years have left me exhausted, but it also has brought out the best in me. I am still me, just stronger!

Urban Affection

Besides the obvious technological and architectural advances, only one thing has really changed between our generations:

I am Woman (too)

I am always surrounded by women. Most of them are my customers, my students, my friends and neighbors. The last months I have met more women than ever before. I had dipped my toes into charity work, and it turns out to be as infectious as they had warned me about.

My Invisible Horse and the Speed of Human Deceny

People always tell me, “Don’t put the cart
before the horse,” which is curious
because I don’t have a horse.
Is this some new advancement in public shaming—
repeatedly drawing one’s attention
to that which one is currently not, and never
has been, in possession of?

Not so wordless Wednesday

We dee dee dee dee dee dee

Brilliant!