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There have been 17 mass shootings in America over the past week. The latest one, in San Jose, took nine lives. The gunman knew all of the victims because this was a workplace incident. They had all worked together. He was armed with two semi-automatic handguns and eleven magazines of ammunition. His apartment contained bomb-makingContinue reading “Liberty, or not”

Yes, I am still watching the volcano in Iceland. It’s not really slowing down, although there were numerous fissures at the start of the eruption, and this is the last one – Gelgingadalir. It’s sort of like a lava geyser, ejecting a fountain every few minutes from its bubbling cauldron of molten magma. When seenContinue reading “Still burning”

Originally posted on Musings of Waking in the World:
Image on pixabay.com by pixel2013 I recently read a post about Critical Race theory. It was the first time I’d heard of it and I did a quick google search to get a basic gist. My first thought was that it sounded like a positive step…

Sometimes I’m thoroughly surprised, if not stupefied, by problematic circumstances that seem to be repetitive. Everyone complains about the state of affairs, the screen door that squeaks annoyingly and causes the dog to bark, the wasps nest above the front door that’s always disturbed by normal motion of the door and results in not infrequentContinue reading “Who knew?”

I am a critic. A critic of many things, most notably myself. I apply a lens of critique to just about everything, because…that’s just what I do. I contend that most people do that, sizing up everything from produce at the grocery store to people in the news. It’s how our brains are wired, setContinue reading “Critical criticism”

For some reason, I am remembering the how and why of being such a tremendous failure at relationships. I once thought it was only relations of the “small r” kind, non-romantic, non-sexual. But I am thinking it’s just about all of them – the “small r” and the “capital R” types. I am sometimes aContinue reading “After shocks, still”

My writing prompt sent me toward family gatherings. I’m not quite sure where I’m supposed to go with that. It was really just the three of us for the most part, more often than not one of us was missing, leaving only two. My father was missing a good bit, due to his work schedule.Continue reading “I’m here, why?”

“If I listened long enough to you, I’d find a way to believe that it’s all true…knowing that you lied…straight-faced while I cried…still I look to find a reason to believe.” Those lyrics always spoke to me, spoke to me about betrayal, about the reality of people knowing they lied, and looked at me ‘straight-faced,Continue reading “Reason To Believe”

I continue to struggle with recent events – mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, anti-Asian hate crimes, voter suppression campaigns in 43 states, hauling a Black female legislator out of the Georgia State House in handcuffs. This is a mental collage that is dark, and chaotic, and heavy. This is not what I want asContinue reading “So now what?”