Life does offer beauty, when we are able to see it. This morning is beautiful here in New England. The weather is seldom so glorious. It's 76 degrees, the sun is up, the birds are singing, squirrels frolicking, chip monks cheeping, and the insects are...
Simple Freedom We bought a new batch of Rhode Island Red chicks this spring. They aren’t as friendly as some that we’ve had in the past. They don’t come when they are called even though I did everything the same. I called them whenever feeding, fed...
Most people have, at one time or another, been broke. Of course, the term is subjective. I have friends who say they were broke as teenagers, but their family had plenty. They just didn't have an abundance of disposable income. Others, have been working from...
During the Nuremberg Trials, Nazi leaders and collaborators of the highest ranks were tried.Some of the most important leaders of Germany were acquitted. There were so many criminals that, although thousands were prosecuted, many thousands were not. History records many documented investigations. The massive scale is...
How Do You Deal When Estranged Family Member Dies? I'm struggling with dealing with death as a survivor of abuse. Dealing as a Survivor “I’m not sure what to do with that,” or “I have no idea,” would be my answer to the question of how to...
My husband and I have differing perspectives on more than a few things. Money is one of them. It’s not that we are far apart, but as close as we are, we think differently about its function and use in some ways. If that seems...
Behaving in such a way as to prepare and preserve the future for the next generations seems like a forgotten concept. Duty and sacrifice are not the norm in our culture. I think it was in our history, or we wouldn't have had a Revolutionary...
Recently, the NH House of Representatives passed bill SB66. For years, NH refused to grant any status to a pre-born child killed in the commission of a crime. Are they devoid of compassion? Is there another? Just calling a baby, another, was too much for NH's lawmakers....
Fake news, politics and politicians, your college buddies, and your cousin Joe are tricksters, scoundrels, jokemasters and pranksters, that you expect falsehoods to come from once in a while. You know they're just play'n you. They're Play'n Sad as it is, we live in a world of...
This week proved that Lyme Disease is not my whole life. Lyme Disease Lyme has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. For many years, I went to doctors who told me I was stressed and treated me like I was...