Why Ferguson is burning
Racism and hate are too deeply embedded in our country today. They are ignored and denied, like other difficult problems, that will, if acknowledged and fully addressed, change the way our country’s people, businesses, and institutions work. This opinion piece in the Washington Post by Emory Professor Carol Anderson explains a critical part of the … Continue reading "Why Ferguson is burning"
We need more imagination
The Friday Photo November 21, 2014 I decided to sew last and skipped President Obama’s address about immigration. Later when I sat down in front of the TV this ad from values.com was what I saw first. What if we imagined a world where children never sit alone at lunch, students in a library worry more … Continue reading "We need more imagination"
Upgrade, reset
My friend Dennis Kirschbaum, whose work has been shared here before, wrote an erudite essay on choosing work that fits your life and who you are (or want to be). I shared it on Facebook with some friends who have in turn shared it with their friends and young adult children. I hope you will … Continue reading "Upgrade, reset"
Home Office
The Friday Photo November 14, 2014 For over four years I’ve worked from a home office. There are a lot of great things about working from home: laundry gets done, soup simmers for lunch, no one walks by and distracts you from the task at hand, and the dress code is pretty flexible. There are … Continue reading "Home Office"
100 Happy Campers
The Friday Photo November 7, 2014 There are 100 of us buzzing with creative energy.
Packing my bags
A rainbow of colors
The Friday Photo October 31, 2014 I gravitate towards the paint colors suggested for children’s playrooms. This is a work in progress with one coat of paint up on the walls.
Take a book, leave a book
About two years ago my friends the Digh/Ptak family built a Little Free Library and placed it in front of their home in Asheville. A Little Free Library (LFL) is simply a place where books are made available for anyone to take a book to read or leave a book for someone else to read. … Continue reading "Take a book, leave a book"
Swashbuckling and cute as a button
The Friday Photo October 24, 2014 I’m lucky pirates like cashmere. My grandson Chase was able to pause his swashbuckling long enough to model a scarf I have listed in my Etsy store, The Sassy Gal.
Throw like a girl, vote like a woman
Earlier this week Fox News’ Kimberly Guilfoyle urged young women to skip the voting booth and spend time on Match.com because they don’t pay bills, have mortgages, or apparently, any semblance of a life beyond fussing with clothes, hair, and chasing men. Guilfoyle and others in this segment don’t urge young men to skip voting. … Continue reading "Throw like a girl, vote like a woman"
Declaring Victory
I had no idea what the response would be to launching a Go Fund Me campaign asking people to help me go to a camp for grown ups. The time was just too ripe for me to get to this camp led by Patti Digh, and so I decided to be my own advocate. I’ve … Continue reading "Declaring Victory"
She is more than tears
The Friday Photo October 17, 2014 Haiku and photograph, Janice Lynch Schuster Sculpture, Pat Monk, physicist
The one week when Friday comes early
This Thanksgiving, lots of Macy’s employees will be curtailing their time with family because the department store chain will open its doors on Thanksgiving evening at 6:00 pm, two hours earlier than it unlocked the doors last year. Black Friday isn’t on Friday any more. The Thanksgiving holiday has become an almost weeklong slug fest … Continue reading "The one week when Friday comes early"
I already have a recipe for potato salad
The Friday Photo October 10, 2014 Last summer a guy posted a satirical Kickstarter campaign for a potato salad recipe. He ended up raising $55K. Fortunately I have a couple of good potato salad recipes, including the slightly spicy one from the Vortex in Atlanta (no fundraising required). What I realized I don’t have in … Continue reading "I already have a recipe for potato salad"
Fracking for the Cure
There’s just no saving the Susan G Komen organization from itself. For the second year in a row, Komen has lined up to get a $100,000 check from Baker Hughes, a fracking company. Baker Hughes is so committed to helping find a cure for breast cancer that it is shipping out 1,000 drill bits painted … Continue reading "Fracking for the Cure"
Locked and loaded for Fall
The Friday Photo October 3, 2014 The three vials of allergy shot serum I picked up Tuesday are missing from my arsenal of allergy meds. This is one time when armed vigilance is appropriate.
My first sleep over camp
Most readers of Rural and Progressive have followed the work I have been lucky enough to be part of to stop a proposed coal plant in my rural Georgia community. None of us knew what was ahead almost seven years ago when we came together to speak up for the health of our community except … Continue reading "My first sleep over camp"
Another yard sign for peace
The Friday Photo September 26, 2014
Watching paint dry
The Friday Photo September 19, 2014 I have decided on paint colors for my office.
Urban Outfitters has no fashion sense
Fresh on the heels of the National Guard “quelling” the unrest in Ferguson, MO, Urban Outfitters listed a “vintage” Kent State sweatshirt for $129 yesterday. This fashion backwards item wasn’t well received. Urban Outfitters issued this statement: “Urban Outfitters sincerely apologizes for any offense our Vintage Kent State Sweatshirt may have caused. It was never … Continue reading "Urban Outfitters has no fashion sense"