The New Normal

March 2020…..World War 3.

I wrote this on my FB page months ago. These are not my words, but  remain my full truth.

I am not made at you that Clinton lost. I am unconcerned that we have different politics. And I don’t think less of you because you vote one way and I vote another.  No… I think less of you because you watched an adult mock a disabled person in front of a crowd and still supported him.  I think less of you because you saw a man spouting clear racism and backed him.  I think less of you because you listened to him advocate for war crimes , and still thought he should run this country.  I think less of you because you watched him equate a woman’s worth to her appearance and got on board.  It isn’t your politics that I find repulsive. It is your personal  willingness to support racism, sexism, and cruelty. You sided with a bully when it mattered and that is something that I will never forget.  So, no… you and I won’t be “coming together” to move forward or whatever.  Trump disgusts me, but it is the fact that he doesn’t disgust you that will stick with me long after this election.

What I have witnessed, and come to know as the ‘new normal’ since this maggot has come into office is horrendous. Tee fact that people think it’s ok and maybe patriotic??? to name call and bully is incomprehensible to me. Neighbors are pitting each other against neighbor,  Face Book people are insulting others. I have heard comments that explode with hate and vitriol. Is this really what we have come down to?? Our Baseline has gotten so low and so ugly. It is disgusting.

fast forward……March 2020…..Yes, we’re now in the throes of the Corona Virus and ALL that that entails.  This is an excerpt from  George Conway: “We do not blame Trump for the virus. We blame him for gutting the nation’s preparations to deal with it. We blame him for bungling testing and allowing it to spread uninhibited. We blame him for wasting taxpayer money on applause lines at his rallies (like The Wall). We blame him for putting his own political life over American human life.”

I’m not sure that Biden is the perfect person to run against this terror, but anyone who can take down this name calling, misogynist, racist, immoral, bully – etc etc… is going to get my vote. I will never forgive or forget what harm has come to my country because of him.

so…today i’m really really pissed. Tomorrow I might try to be more like the Dude.

My Perpetual Puppy

I have been so blessed to experience the unconditional love of a dog. And now I must experience the emptiness and loss of this wonderful dog. Our Penny Girl. Our perpetual puppy. My sweet girl. This dog was my soul for 13 beautiful years. Life without her is tough. She was a feral little girl – kind of scared and timid. And yet – put her outside and this dog was totally in her element. SHe ran faster than any dog I have ever seen. She was thrilled to go for walks, and lived to explore the outdoors. I am certain that she was part coyote. And she was my friend, maybe my best friend. She looked for me, she trusted me, and she comforted me.

Pictures of my sweet girl…

 

 

As I just reread this post, I don’t want to do an injustice to another great dog of ours….Pepper. Pepper was very different from Penny. We were Pepper’s pack. Pepper just wanted to be with us at all times. She didn’t love the outdoors, she didn’t love running around with other dogs….she just loved us.

Our Bubba-Dog:

 

Powerful Words

Some words when spoken can’t be taken back. Words can sting, words can hurt. Words are remembered long after they are spoken.

The 2 most powerful phrases – I’m sorry and Thank-you.

There are somethings that can never be put back the way they were….. like that little box of tissues. They come out easily,  intertwined with the next one. But it is impossible to put them back the same way.

major changes in my lifetime

Looking back through past generations, I sometimes think how old fashioned they were. And, it’s kind of funny because I know that they probably felt they were so modern just as we do now. Times change so rapidly. What’s new becomes old and out of touch so quickly. What seemed so radical at the time,  now looking back seems so

the really big invention in my lifetime so far was the internet. I remember my husband coming into my office at IBM with these diskettes that he said had the ‘internet on them’ – that old black spider crawler. How funny. . I thought he was crazy – and thought why do I need all this useless information…

things that have become outdated or radically changed in my lifetime so far:   encyclopedias for information, dressing up for travel – flying – pan am, black and white tv and the different sizes of tv – remember those huge heavy clunky tv’s, phone service and long distance, segregation and busing, maps, computers, cameras, gps, INTERNET, cell phones