Beware of relying too much on the Government Transportation (bus, train) to get you to work. Be careful of selling your car, and trying to "save the planet" by using mass transportation. This is what happens: DC Workers Brace For Nightmare Commute as Metro Shuts Down for Emergency Inspection The Powers That Be in the …
Continue reading To all you commuters on Public Transportation…
As long as I can remember, I have always loved the seashore. I grew up in Seattle, on Puget Sound, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. In the summer, my sister and I would join our maternal grandparents and our Portland cousins for a week at Seaside, on the Oregon coast. In the 1980s, I …
Continue reading One Love (Photo Challenge)…My Love for the Seashore
In 2007, my husband and I went to Israel with Michael Medved and his family (he is based and broadcasts from KTTH 770 Radio in Seattle). One morning, I took a solitary walk to the Old City in Jerusalem, and visited the Western (Wailing) Wall, the remaining remnant of the Second Temple. Jews come here …
Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge…Harmony…My Heritage in Pictures, and Music
Democrats tend to say that they are interested in getting the money out of politics. To this end, they have passed numerous campaign finance "reforms", and when running for office they tend to disparage the influence of Super Pacs (except, of course, for their own) and big corporate donors. [Just don't ask Hillary the Harpy …
I was finding this topic pretty difficult-how do you picture Time? The original description over at The Daily Post cited Matt Haig's "Reasons To Stay Alive", and he states that a way to stop time is "Read". Aha! On my trip to University of Cambridge, we went to the Library at Gonville & Caius College, …
Any complete career change is a crapshoot when you’re a middle-aged person. I have a Master’s degree which I never used, and from the time in the mid- 1970s when I graduated, I spent twelve years as a hospital pharmacy assistant, gaining one of the first licenses given out after they were required by Washington …
Continue reading Resilience, or…Starting a new career in middle age
I am the most optimistic when I am playing or listening to music. It is a true gift to be able to play an instrument, and it's really difficult to be depressed or anxious while playing with your group. Or listening to your husband's group! Here are a couple of pictures from our trip to …
Hello- Readers who immigrated to America-what about America was most surprising to you? What was most different, in a good way, from your country of origin? Please leave comments, and I'll quote here in the body of my post. I and the rest of my readers are eager to hear your stories!
This photo is, to my mind, absolutely priceless. Signboard in front of the elementary school a block from where I work. I did a double-take while driving by, and just had to stop and take a picture. Do they not teach their employees to spell any more? If the staff can't spell, are any of …
Yes, it's true. You have perhaps heard or read about the suicide-bombing this morning, near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Shortly thereafter, it came out that the perpetrators were probably ISIS. Due to their Islamist-leaning government, the Turkish people have had their internet access cut off, and web sites of news organizations blocked. A friend …
Continue reading Terror in Istanbul – The Turkish People Are Being Kept in the Dark!
