Gov Deal’s band-aid approach to health care
Hancock County, Georgia’s poorest among our 159 counties, is getting much needed help with access to health care via technology, community leaders, and innovators in delivering care to patients. Right now people living in Hancock County have to drive to a neighboring county to see a doctor for any and all medical concerns. Even something … Continue reading "Gov Deal’s band-aid approach to health care"
What remains of winter feed supplies
The Friday Photo February 27, 205 This field around the corner from our house will be green with cotton in a few months. The few remaining bales of hay serve as a reminder that winter is almost over.
We’ve been adopted
The Friday Photo February 13, 2015 I keep telling this cat that despite the fact it has its own Cat Condo with felted wool scraps, food to eat, and fresh water, that we are not its family. I have been saying that since the fall but it doesn’t seem convinced.
When grandparents are the parents
Last week the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that Gov Nathan Deal said this about Georgia’s families where children are abused, or worse, murdered,“When was the last time the press or anybody else asked the greater family, ‘Why didn’t you do something about this?’ It really galls me, quite frankly, to see an able-bodied grandparent complaining … Continue reading "When grandparents are the parents"
Hands On Science
Science Night was last night at Creekside Elementary School. Exhibits included lots of hands-on opportunities for children and their parents. The room was humming with children moving from one table to the next. All the exhibitors were so enthusiastic. As I loaded this photo I noticed the woman in the back of the picture squatting … Continue reading "Hands On Science"
Don’t let child abusers and marital rapists hide behind religion
The AJC Political Insider reports that the Georgia Baptist Convention met last week to support a bill floating in the Georgia General Assembly sponsored by Marietta Republican Representative Sam Teasley. HB 29 will allow people accused of child and spousal abuse to use their religious beliefs as a justification for their violent and abhorrent actions. … Continue reading "Don’t let child abusers and marital rapists hide behind religion"
Not feeling the love
At $4.5M for a 30 second spot, Super Bowl commercials get just about as much hype as the two teams playing. McDonald’s made sure it was in the mix in front of a huge television audience Sunday night. Ronald McDonald and friends need to find a way to regain dominance of the fast food market. … Continue reading "Not feeling the love"
Only 276 pages left
One on the highlights of the year for me is joining a group of women, most of whom I see only once a year over lunch, for conversations encompassing a wide range of topics. The only time there is quiet around the room is when we share noteworthy books we’ve read in the past year. … Continue reading "Only 276 pages left"
Not For Sale
For almost three years I let a gorgeous cashmere sweater intimidate me. It stayed folded up neatly among thrift store sweaters I had collected early in my repurpose/upcycle life with textiles. Some cabled cashmere sweaters don’t “snug up” where they are cut, which means that they require more fabric, more time, and more effort to … Continue reading "Not For Sale"
#letwomenchoose
The Friday Photo January 23, 2015
Enjoy your drive
The Friday Photo January 16, 2015 photo and content by Suzanne Deal-Fitzgerald Maybe these prices don’t mean anything to some people. Maybe it means your Wall Street isn’t performing to your expectations. But to me, it means that right here, right now, I don’t have to struggle to find a way to get to work until … Continue reading "Enjoy your drive"
Nikki Haley has no time for poetry
Newly inaugurated South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley didn’t have time for two minutes of poetry written for her second swearing-in yesterday. Marjory Wentworth, South Carolina’s poetry laureate, has written poems for the last three gubernatorial inaugurations. This year Haley decided that two minutes couldn’t be spared for an original poem written by Wentworth. In the … Continue reading "Nikki Haley has no time for poetry"
When TV is on the Internet
I posted this on my Facebook page and some interesting comments followed. I’m reposting my original post here: In case you wonder why I keep posting about the importance of making high-speed internet access available in rural America, think about it this way: last night not one network (except for PBS) got an award for … Continue reading "When TV is on the Internet"
Sharpen your pencils
The Friday Photo January 9, 2015 These pencils were created by one of my favorite illustrators, Oliver Jeffers, who quotes Woody Guthrie here. This photograph is circulating on the web after the terrorism inflicted on Charlie Hebdo. If we want to live in a world where ideas are shared freely, all of us must sharpen … Continue reading "Sharpen your pencils"
New Year, new challenges
The Friday Photo January 2, 2015 My granddaughter needed some mittens yesterday before going to walk our dogs. I don’t traffic in mittens, but this was a custom order I couldn’t turn down. Her brother will probably need some now too.
Fine china and crayons
The Friday Photo December 26, 2014 We got out the fine china last night, but the best tables have paper, crayons, and markers.
We’ll meet again some sunny day
The Friday Photo December 19, 2014 I stayed up past my bedtime to see the curtain close on The Colbert Report. With Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert, late night television is worth watching again (thanks to DVRs).
Nothing to see here, after all
The Friday Photo December 12, 2014 I had to have a second mammogram on my right breast this week. I wrote down the results from the radiologist. It is a medicalese for, “We found nothing to be concerned about.”
Wrapped in Fog
The Friday Photo December 5, 2014 An old house and tall pecan trees across the street from our home in northern Washington County
A house that is just too much
The Friday Photo November 28, 2014 Earlier today my mother-in-law said goodbye to the house she and her family restored in the late 1970s. It is a wonderful house where food has been served to appreciative guests, grandchildren and great-grandchildren have played in the huge hallway, and rosemary still spills out of huge planters in … Continue reading "A house that is just too much"