Archive for January, 2009

Things were going so well.

The past few weeks have been great. My kids have been reasonably good, my husband has been reasonably good, my animals have been pure delights. My house is in order, I’ve been developing outlines in my head for future blogs, books, projects, etc. School started yesterday and although it was kind of yawny, it was [...]

Phone calls with Grandma

I never know exactly what I’m going to get when I make that call. Usually, its a run-down of everyone’s health concerns, but tonight it was all about the ice storms in the south. How there are trees down and no power, and she needs more clothes because she’s getting stinky and… “Who is this? [...]

Back to life, back to reality…

I go back to school on Wednesday, and between now and then, I have to accomplish all the daily stuff I’ve been avoiding for the last two weeks… like grocery shopping and *ack* cleaning. I have absolutely no idea what this semester entails, but I have to come up with a project. I’ll have more [...]

Feminist Orgasm

I’m taking the time from my morning routine to jot this down because, well, it is orgasmic. It deserves a very long blog, but I’m in a time crunch, and as such, it shall be listed in pure Virgo form. 1. 36th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. 2. President Obama reaffirms his support of abortion [...]

Roe vs. Wade, 36 years later.

Today is the 36th anniversary of the constitutional decision that marked a woman’s right to abortion. Today, I celebrate my freedom over my own body, heart and mind and the notion that women are not chattel and are not simple-minded creatures, solely put on the planet to reproduce. I give my thanks to the countless [...]