For most of my life, I have had a revulsion reaction to people whose bodies are deformed, or whose behaviors are offensive in public. I believe this revulsion is probably hard-wired into human beings from prehistory, as a survival characteristic (others whose looks or behaviors are not "civilized" might be foes); so I'm betting that …
Category: Random Musings About Life
Celebrate our Beautiful Country
Every day, I give thanks to have been born in the Greatest Country on God's Green Earth. Our country is one of the most beautiful on Earth, with terrain ranging from blazing hot deserts, to grassy prairies, to high snow-capped mountains, to chains of beautiful blue lakes. The American people are the most generous in …
To all you commuters on Public Transportation…
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 …
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One Love (Photo Challenge)…My Love for the Seashore
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 …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Seasons
I've got this one covered. My favorite season of the year is Autumn. I got married in October of 2003, and I'm in that period of my life, and loving it. My husband and I went to Victoria, British Columbia for our honeymoon, since he had never been there before. We took the Victoria Clipper …
Resilience, or…Starting a new career in middle age
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 …
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Immigrants to America-What surprised you?
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!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Alphabet
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 …
Welcome to 2016
Gunmen attack Indian airbase near Pakistani border, 2 killed. Two dead, several injured, after gunman attacks Israeli bar, suspect at large. North Korea's Kim Jong Eun says he is ready for war. State Department releases over 3,000 Clinton emails on New Year's Eve. Obama meets with Attorney General to tighten gun laws by Executive Order. …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle
This is the very best Circle in a person's life: a Circle of Old and New Friends. This is the dinner table at the Ricochet Tahoe Meetup in September of 2015. At the beginning of the weekend, we only knew one of the Ricochet members. At the end, we had made five new friends. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/circle/
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