Strange days indeed

So, it's early September and everything is in flux. This years Presidential election process has become so bizarre. At about sixty days out, it has become clear that the media has been and continues to be a major force to be reckoned with.  It is unbelievable that the media creates the false equivalencies that people actually focus on. It's all smoke and mirrors with the real issues being glossed over. The truth of the matter is, we have a highly volatile situation where a candidate who can bring our country to ruin. He invokes racism, bigotry and xenophobia as well as a contemptuous attitude toward women. I've never been so afraid for the futures of my kids and grandkids. 

I was a child of the sixties. I thought our generation would be more progressive and inclusive of others. After the turmoil of the Vietnam war and the search for who we were, I thought our generation would see things differently.  The hate and divisive rhetoric reminds me of my youth in Birmingham, Alabama in 1971. The pot of desegregation simmered on low boil after the turbulence of the race riots. I feel that tension stirring again.  How can hate and bigotry find a foothold after all we have seen in the world since 1969?  All I can do is reject hate, stand against bigotry, and promote progress toward accepting people of all races, creeds, and sexual orientation.  Freedom is all of those and more. Abilities. Gifts.

If we stop trying to reject people who are not like us and embrace differences, we will learn to embrace ourselves. That's the country I want my grandchildren to inherit. I will not vote for hate and division. I will vote for progress and acceptance. That is why we need to vote for Hillary Clinton.  Vote down hate.

Get congress working for the people again. It requires us all to pull it off. 

Sad Sunday

We woke up this morning to the news of another mass shooting they are calling a possible terrorist event. Fifty dead and more than forty injured. It's LGBT pride month. The people who I am seeing post on Twitter are mostly compassionate but some posted scripture and gloat. I hope people remember this incident and the victims of it after the next massacre. There will be more because we never change our behavior when it comes to guns.  I feel for the parents of those lost and those wounded.  Praying is not enough. We must change the way we regulate guns in this country. Blessed be to the families and victims.

Strep throat

I've been inside for three and one half days now and I'm getting a little stir crazy. Gary has been awesome and taken really good care of me and Jellybean and I have really bonded. Watching the Syracuse bs. North Carolina final four game and it has been close. Just hanging out with my honey. 

Not a day goes by that I don't think about my dad. He passed away last November and I'm still having a hard time realizing he's gone.  I promised mom I would take good care of him the hours before her passing. I want to say that I did all that I could, but there is always more you can do. I guess he would say the same thing about his raising us kids. 

When I have time on my hands, I think about what I don't have time to ponder. Guess we all do. I just hope I don't stay so preoccupied that I miss something important and don't realize until it's too late. Love you dad.

Early Spring

The warm days are coming more regularly now and the allergy season is in full swing. Gary is fishing every other weekend or two and that makes him very happy. I try to see the babies as much as I can but its never enough.

The hens are laying three to five eggs daily and that makes me very happy.  I really missed the fresh eggs since the last group moved on to their new home!

It's hare to focus at work. I would rather be home with the windows and doors open, cleaning and listening to CNN. Gotta make a living!

It's been a while...

So many things have happened since my last post. Fell out of good graces, found my way back. Babies growing up too fast, time marching on. My dad passed away in November. Started a business and closed it after two years. 

Now, I'm not letting any of this slow me down. Still, I'm learning and loving and I try really hard to be open and considerate of others even when they get on my nerves.  The Goddess knows my heart.

So, considering everything, I am happy and healthy. 

I have seven new chickens that I got from my friend Jodi.  They are hens that are the female counterpart to a fighting cock.  They are very skittish of us when we go to the coop. They fight amongst themselves routinely but don't seem to harm one another. They have given as many as five eggs in a day and I'm hoping that number will continue to rise.

I really missed having eggs since I gave away my last bunch of hens. They had almost completely stopped laying and I found them a good home.

I have been really concerned about the political rhetoric of the last year here in the states.  I am pulling for the Democrats.  The Republican Party had its chance to evolve and instead has spun out of control.  Is mold enough to remember when both sides of the isle worked together, but no more. 

I understand people who just shut down and don't want anything to do with the political system, but that's how democracy dies. I want a better future for my children and grandchildren, and myself and my husband in retirement.

So, I leave you with this. 

Pay attention. 

Vote.