Whining Women, or are we? A bit of History

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Saturday August 06, 2005 · 1:17 PM PDT

2005/08/06 · 13:17

The 1940's were difficult and fearful times. In 1941, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was attacked by the Japanese and American men by the thousands and eventually millions either joined the military or were drafted to serve. During that time frame all manner of businesses, but especially war and defense industries were replacing male workers with females. Someone had to build the ships and planes and all the other manufacturing needs. . .and there were only women, for the most part, to do that. Read More

A Beautiful Sunday Morning To You

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Sunday June 05, 2005 · 12:43 AM PDT

2005/06/05 · 00:43

You are the Light of the World

...and as such, you are here to use your light to heal,
transform and transfigure
anything unlike peace, love, harmony and goodwill.

That we all may have
moments of peace
...and more peace. Read More

Giving the SS IOU's to Wall Street. . .and other idot plans

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Saturday May 14, 2005 · 6:36 PM PDT

2005/05/14 · 18:36

Speculation? or is this another back door attempt to steal Social Security and give it to the Wall Street brokers?"

This whole Social Security thing is getting totally out of hand. Georgie and Karl don't need any more encouragement, and certainly suggestions like this one are so inherently fraught with risk that I don't even want to think about it. Of course he is only talking about a "portion" of the SS fund, but once we start down that road, the portions will certainly be subject to change. If the current house and senate were able to mess with these portions, it could be anything from 1% to 95% or more. And we know how well we can trust the folks in congress and on wall street to administer and protect this money. Read it for yourself and decide what Mr Levine is saying. Read More

Adopted Daughter Series- The Wrap up

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Monday May 02, 2005 · 5:12 PM PDT

2005/05/02 · 17:12

The adopted daughter series began, most of you will remember, as a response to and in co-ordination with Poor Statue's diary about being a birth-mother. It is a wonderful diary, and if you haven't read it, I would encourage you to go back and read it right here.

Previous installments of the Adopted Daughter series are available on my diary page click here Read More

Notes In The Margins (10) . . .Adopted Daughter continuing

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Sunday April 24, 2005 · 5:59 PM PDT

2005/04/24 · 17:59

Part 9 was posted about an hour ago

This is the continuing Adopted Daughter series which can be reviewed or caught up on here:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9

Notes In The Margins Part 10

Let me say a bit more about people pleasers. I have told you previously that I am not a counselor, a therapist, a psychologist, etc. All that I tell you is from my view point of how things affected me as I remember them, with insights gained over a lifetime of learned wisdom. And that might also be something to keep in mind: These are my memories of how I experienced things. . .surely the actual truth of things lies somewhere in the middle ground. These are merely the truth of my reactions. Read More

Notes In The Margins (9). . . Adopted Daughter continuing series

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Sunday April 24, 2005 · 4:44 PM PDT

2005/04/24 · 16:44

This is the continuation of Adopted Daughter series that you can review or catch up on here:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

Notes In The Margins Part 9

This has gone down in the annals of history as "The Great Coke Caper." No, not that kind of Coke. . . Coca Cola the drink. One riotous, fun-filled night 8 of us from the softball team piled into my car after a game one night. . . in my really cool '56 Chevy 4 door hardtop, robin's egg blue and white. . .we had gone off to have hamburgers, drinks, fries and way too much fun. We took laughing and stupidity to new heights that night. Read More

Adopted Daughter with a new title (8)

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Monday April 18, 2005 · 4:58 PM PDT

2005/04/18 · 16:58

Notes In The Margins, Part 8

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

The once and future members of the "Skylighters" women's softball team began to practice. Could there ever have been anything more just pure fun? If there was, I never knew what it was. This was another one of those "fake" deals of mine. The Mormon Church had their own sports league programs, and being the majority of people, at that time, in most Utah cities, it was a vital and heavily participated in program. Read More

More Adopted Daughter (7)

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Sunday April 10, 2005 · 5:29 PM PDT

2005/04/10 · 17:29

Here is the continuing saga, Part 7

Read or review earlier installments here:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

It seems that rather often in my life I have chosen the unusual way to do the usual things. Sometimes the choices were of necessity, sometimes they were a direct result of my peripatetic need to move on to something else for a while. Or as Grandma used to say, "you've got the Gypsy in your soul." I got bored easily with mundane things, or interesting things made mundane by a lack of passionate presentation, and I had very little concern about dropping them and moving on to the next bright shiny object of my curiosity that surfaced somewhere. Read More

Adopted Daughter, the continuing story. . .

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Sunday April 03, 2005 · 6:07 PM PDT

2005/04/03 · 18:07

This is the continuation of the series:
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V

Growing into another phase of my personhood is what those years in Jr High and High School brought me. I finally made some friends in High School. Some of them friends of many years duration thereafter. It was an uneven time for me and that teenage nemesis of wanting to fit in and be accepted by your peers was as difficult for me as it was everyone else. Read More

Adopted Daughter Part V

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Thursday March 24, 2005 · 5:25 PM PST

2005/03/24 · 17:25

The continuing story of Adopted Daughter,
Part I Part II Part III Part IV

Part V

There are so many ways to learn valuable lessons. I generally pick just about the hardest I can find. I think I love the challenge. (Or as some have suggested I just have no common sense.) Before everything became Huge Supermarkets, there used to be small mom and pop grocery stores in every neighborhood in Salt Lake City. Read More

Adopted Daughter Part IV

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Wednesday March 23, 2005 · 4:27 PM PST

2005/03/23 · 16:27

The continuing story Part I Part II Part III

Part IV

Growing up a bleeding-heart liberal in a Republican family, although they considered themselves Independents, was an interesting and often at odds situation. It is my guess that my parents were more on the Republican side of things, but they prided themselves in voting for the person rather than a party. Certainly they were not this new breed of republican that are running amuck these days. Read More

Adopted Daughter Part III

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Tuesday March 22, 2005 · 1:11 PM PST

2005/03/22 · 13:11

A continuation of the Adopted Daughter series.

Disclaimer: Before we start today's episode, I need to say a couple of things. I am enjoying and appreciating the comments of those who participate with me on this little story of mine. Many of you ask questions about adopted children and parenting. The answers I give you are my opinions from my childhood heart, and the knowledge of a lifetime of dealing with and overcoming related difficulties. I am not a therapist. I am certainly not an expert on anything. I do have a college background in Psychology, Philosophy and Spiritual/religious studies. So please do not take my "opinions" as being anything more than that and a desire to help or give a perspective. If I could channel my mother, I am sure she would give you a whole other view of the challenges. If your situation could benefit from some professional help, please do yourself and your family a favor and seek out good professional help. Read More

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