Last year, this year
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity July 5, 2013 The photo on the left is all that remained of the Ogeechee River last fall. The photo on the right is the same view taken late yesterday.
Even the Founding Fathers needed a good editor
Last year on July 4th my friend Man Martin posted this. It bears repeating. Man Martin found a copy of the Declaration of Independence with the Founding Fathers’ editorial comments.
Caution: threatened, straight, Bible-thumping, white men working
My head just exploded, again, over the narrow-minded, blinders on, knuckle-dragging, Conservative Christian, threatened white man’s mentality trotted out on The Georgia Gang yesterday by Phil Kent, Gov Nathan Deal’s appointee to the state’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board. Dick Williams suggests an S-Corp “solution” to same sex marriages to further demonstrate just how ass-backwards some … Continue reading "Caution: threatened, straight, Bible-thumping, white men working"
Simple and fresh
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity June 28, 2013 The third ingredient in my favorite summer breakfast is organic French vanilla yogurt.
Coming full circle
President Obama’s announcement about carbon pollution controls Tuesday at Georgetown University closed the circle in some ways on the future of Plant Washington. It won’t matter whether Plant Washington belches carbon into the air as a new source or an existing source, it will have to reduce and control the amount of Greenhouse Gases (GHG, … Continue reading "Coming full circle"
“With justice for all”
DOMA struck down http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-307_g2bh.pdf And on Prop 8 from SCOTUS Blog: There will be much further discussion and analysis about how the decision in Perry affects other couples in California. For the time being, we will say this: the Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal challenging a final order from the trial court. It would appear, then, … Continue reading "“With justice for all”"
Three choices
I can make something simple very complicated in seconds, like plans for last weekend. Yesterday David and I celebrated 29 years of marriage. We hadn’t been to Asheville together in two years, and we thought it would be fun to go back and do a brewery tour. And then I tried to make it complicated: … Continue reading "Three choices"
Two more stamps in her passport
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity June 21, 2013 On her way to Hong Kong and Thailand to visit a lifelong friend from Rockbrook Camp.
Put out to dry
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity June 14, 2013 We paddled with our grandson (who turns five today!) last weekend. Hooks that held up a porch swing long-ago make a perfect drying rack.
Work outside your job description
My husband works in a lab developing products for companies who use a white clay called kaolin to coat paper. That’s the best I can describe it. He’s been there 26 years and I still don’t understand what he does. Our end of the day discussions are like those between many couples, “How was your … Continue reading "Work outside your job description"
Art worth barking about
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity June 7, 2013
Move over Broun, Price, and Gingrey
The loudest Republican members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation have managed to make our state the laughing-stock with jewels that have included: Paul Broun, MD (Medical College of Georgia) saying to the Baptist Church Sportsman Group over dinner last September, “All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, … Continue reading "Move over Broun, Price, and Gingrey"
Both oars in the water
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity May 31, 2013 Late last summer my friend Jenny Craigie Riffe gave me a kayak she no longer uses and my adventures as a beginner paddler began. I missed the Georgia River Network (GRN) 12 in 2012 Challenge to paddle 12 rivers in … Continue reading "Both oars in the water"
It takes two people to do Chip Rogers’ job
Today at Better Georgia: It turns out that Chip Rogers can’t do the job he was hired to do at GPB. The new radio show that Gov. Nathan Deal created for Chip Rogers was scheduled to begin airing in April. But it’s now been pushed back to July. After Better Georgia released three videos to call … Continue reading "It takes two people to do Chip Rogers’ job"
A chip off the ole block
Better Georgia has issued a job performance review for former State Senator Chip Rogers since he was handed a $150K per year job at GPB by Governor Nathan Deal. Rogers has over seven months of taxpayer funded paychecks under his belt. Let’s see how he is doing. from Better Georgia: Gov. Nathan Deal created a job … Continue reading "A chip off the ole block"
Making pink lemonade
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity May 24, 2013 I have fallen in love with batik fabrics this spring. I love the bright pink in this photo but the pattern I chose was an absolute disappointment. I got a skirt out of my efforts but decided I would never … Continue reading "Making pink lemonade"
Preparing for the celebration
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity May 17, 2013 Guilford College Class of 2013 gets their marching orders for graduation tomorrow.
Disenchantment spreads to Conservatives, last call for King America permit comments
Displeasure with the state’s “protection’ of our natural resources, specifically the Ogeechee River, has found strong voices among leading Conservatives in the last few weeks. Now State Senator Buddy Carter has joined the choir. Yesterday the Albany Journal ran a letter from Carter in which he said the EPD has “earned a vote of no confidence” … Continue reading "Disenchantment spreads to Conservatives, last call for King America permit comments"
After the rains
The Friday Photo A weekly photo inspired by art, community and spontaneity May 10, 2013 Rivers and streams are full, and the grass is green again.
Why the Georgia EPD is toothless
This week started with Mary Landers at the Savannah Morning News reporting that employees at King American Finishing (KAF) were told to drink bottled water at work for the past six months. Tests of two wells at the company’s textile and chemical plant in Screven County found unacceptable levels of cadmium and phenanthrene (known to cause … Continue reading "Why the Georgia EPD is toothless"