After sitting through a climate change panel last week, my take-away was, “Watch out for the cobras.” Are you as confused as I was? The thought flitted through my head that maybe the speaker was referring to pythons; pet snakes that have been released in the wild in Florida; stealthy, rampant, and some big enough…
Over the weekend, I attended a Stand-Up for Women Vets. And what exactly is a Stand-up? While I don’t know where the phrase, Stand-up, originated; perhaps it indicates showing support, like when we stand for the national anthem. It’s clearly not the opposite of stand-down; a military term that means cease-fire or truce. This Stand-Up for…
I found myself looking in vain for a topic for today’s post. None of the ideas I had notes on or the drafts of partial posts resonated. I looked around for inspiration and saw Eliza rejecting my proposed topics too. At first I was upset. When I meet with Joan, even if it is just…
Women have been part of the United States Military Academy for 40 years. These days, urinals have been removed from the women’s latrines (bathrooms). Women cadets are allowed to have long hair. They wear skirts and earrings. There are locks on the barracks (dorm room) doors. When women entered West Point as cadets for the…
My granddaughter is turning one! Wow! Did that go fast. I wonder if somehow we skipped part of the year. It is so disconcerting that spring has been colder than winter was, maybe it’s really still March and Eliza’s first birthday isn’t almost here. . . In honor of her birthday I want to share…
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