I often have friends ask me why I am not on Facebook, since they all are. They are constantly updating their profiles, and commenting on their news feeds. They also complain a lot about other users violently disagreeing with them on Facebook, and doing so using nasty language. Well, I am a 67-year-old woman, and …
Way back in the 1970's, when they were new, I discovered a British band called Steeleye Span. They play and sing medieval and Renaissance English folk songs, with modern rock instrumentation. Sounds weird, but they were, and are, simply wonderful. I still own a bunch of vinyl albums from their early years, and we play …
Continue reading Great Music, Re-discovery of a group I love: Steeleye Span
Is Memorial Day weekend just a day off from work for you? Just the first weekend the pool is open, and the official start of barbecue season? Or is it a time for somber reflection on the many men and women who gave their lives for their country. Who gave the United States of …
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I celebrated my 65th birthday last week. A bunch of assumptions sometimes are made about that particular milestone. In the fairly recent past, many people were forced to retire once they reached 65. Many big companies had mandatory retirement ages for their workers. Even now, successful CEOs leave their jobs when they turn 65. …
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Some time back in the 1960's, the radical feminists came out with this slogan: A Woman Without a Man is Like a Fish Without a Bicycle. Their viewpoint then, and now, is that woman do not need men in their lives (except maybe for sexual pleasure). The implication is that a woman can, and most …
Continue reading The Single Most Destructive Slogan in Recent Memory (updated in 2022)
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