Community matters

Since the election, I have been running through the gammut of emotions. Anger, defeat, fear, resignation, proactiveness, reactionary, etc.

The long fall

It has been a long while since I last wrote. So much has happened.

Can we please?

I witnesses a bullying incident at a local fast food place, that supposedly makes sandwiches to benefit firefighters, in the town I work in this week. I could tell it was something that was happening on several levels, whether it was blatant and transparent, to subtle aggression

Conscientious objector

Back when Hobby Lobby won its bullshit case in the Supreme Court, I read an article written by a Jewish journalist who discussed the main issue with the case Hobby Lobby brought to the court. They claimed to be a “conscientious objector” and, therefore, wanted the law to change to fit their beliefs.

Weekend news

An old coworker of mine sent me a message yesterday. She said she had been thinking of me, and oh, by the way, she lost her eldest son 6 months ago.

Emotional Connections

It seems like we are living in a world where everyone wants emotional connections, but no one actually either knows what that means, or they think they know and are very wrong. All they know is that they are lonely and have needs they can’t fulfill within themselves, and they need to find someone outside of themselves to stop the loneliness.

Speak Your Truth with Love

A person who I follow on social media made a post about her 80 yr old friend who had found her “One True Love”, however, he had a girlfriend and was into polyamory. She proceeded to speak extremely poorly of the guy, inferring the reason for his crappy behavior was due to him claiming he was polyamorous.

The Need for Community

It seems like every day, the news is reporting on some new major systemic failure in our country. Housing, banks, jobs, food supply, roads, and bridges. Nothing has been left unscathed. In the last 5 years, there seems to be an extremely rapid decline of the nation

“It’s Just Business”

Today, my coworker regaled a tale of how, when he had his own auto parts business, he had created an enemy from his practices.