How much time have you spent doomscrolling since Inauguration Day? Are you getting a daily dose of doom from your favorite purveyors of doom? Have you had a hard time feeling relaxed in the last month? Are your shoulders up near your ears, with a side of tension pain? If you answered yes to any of these questions, congratulations! You …
In a fairly confined space, surrounded by a lot of other governors who either fear or idolize Donald Trump, Maine Gov. Janet Mills was openly defiant toward the would-be king Donnie. This is not an easy thing. A U.S. president can be intimidating under the best of circumstances, and these aren’t the best circumstances because Trump is unhinged and largely …
We are living in deeply unsettling and downright scary times. For younger Americans, particularly those of us under 60, we have never experienced anything like what is going on in our country. Despite knowing what was possible under a second Trump term, to see progress that we assumed would last forever being brutally, systematically, and illegally being rolled back is …
It has been almost 21 years since my mother died and I still remember that night as if it were yesterday. My mother was in a nursing home after brain surgery had taken a turn for the worse. It was the early 00s and cell phone technologies weren’t what they are now. My father had been trying to reach me …
As someone who was diagnosed with hypertension almost two years ago, part of me maintaining healthy blood pressure is to do a home check several times a week and keep track of it. I’m on the lowest dose of hypertension medication possible, a choice I made to force me to stay compliant with the changes I had been making—but that …
As I write this, there are less than 24 hours before Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office and already the American people are starting to experience the familiar roller coaster ride known as President Trump. Saturday night, TikTok turned off the lights, so to speak, leaving 170 million-plus Americans in the dark as they logged onto TikTok only to …
A few nights ago, my 19-year-old daughter asked me if I was scared about the incoming Trump administration. I told her that while I am fearful, I am doing my best to not be consumed by fear. While we survived the first Trump, I suspect this second term is going to be far more turbulent. Our conversation made me think …
Today is January 1, 2025. A new beginning; a new year. Yet, we aren’t even a full day into the new year and the hopefulness that often comes with a new year, and already our collective reality has come crashing down. The reality is that humanity is a rocky place filled with pain, violence, and the extraordinarily rich people hell-bent …
On January 6, 2021, the day that the 2020 election results were to be certified, the nation and the world watched in horror as the nation’s capital was stormed and supporters of outgoing president Donald J. Trump decided to mount a full-blown insurrection at Trump’s gentle behest. A coup d’état. Americans were glued to our televisions and devices as the …
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Happy Friday! It’s a gorgeous day up in my corner of the world and way too beautiful to be writing a blog post today. So I present you with the Friday Round-Up a list of blog posts this week from other bloggers that blew my mind. Perhaps if you need to kill some time or have a quiet moment you can check them out. http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/ Check out this cat, I have been a fan of his work forever. http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/ Good stuff here as well http://sweetersalt.com/ A Maine blogger who talks fashion and food…the best of both worlds http://paganchild-starmommy.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-focused.html A new blog that offers words of wisdom for all of us. http://mscleaver.com/ Another Mainer who for Lent is giving up pants, she is also a crafty gal If you have any links to good blogs, feel free to leave em. It’s my hope to make the Friday Round Up a regular feature at my new home specifically I would live to shine some light and love on smaller bloggers. It’s hard out here in this blogosphere with so many good blogs to choose from and so little time so let’s help everyone get a slice of the pie. I will be back on Monday, at that time I will unveil some ideas I have around monetizing things but You May Also Like: No related posts.
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Calling All White People, Part 67: This isn’t the Gen X showing I asked for
Calling All White People, Part 67 TODAY’S EPISODE: Gen X finally gets noticed—in a very bad way You know, it wasn’t that long ago that me and my fellow members of Generation X were shaking our heads at how news stories would come out with the opinions or leanings of various generations, and so often Gen X would literally not …
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