“Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through... Continue reading

Today I read an article about a boy in Ohio who was beaten by bullies to the point of having a broken arm - because he is a cheerleader. Tyler Wilson is eleven years old, and wanted to join the cheerleading squad with hopes of someday being a male cheerleader... Continue reading

(Blog started during a power outage a couple of weeks ago): As I sit in the middle of the night, amazed to have the technology to allow me on the internet during a major power outage, I think of all of the times throughout my life where my power was... Continue reading

It only takes a moment to change your life forever. Chances are, we will all have many of these milestone moments throughout our lives that change us - some for the better, some for the worse. Every life has meaning. Every life touches many other lives. Everything happens for a... Continue reading

The sky is dark today, and the thunder rolls in with the miles and miles of looming clouds and stormy weather. As bright and wonderful as my world has been this week, there is still a sadness that has rolled in with this dark day. A sadness that makes me... Continue reading

"Families are about love overcoming emotional torture." ~ Matt Groening (The Simpsons) Family is something that is constantly an ever-present thought to me. The very definition of family has become somewhat skewed in my mind and heart, and over the past few years has transformed into something completely different in... Continue reading

"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life." ~ Jane Addams It's a new week here in my small corner of the world. A new week to watch as the fight for equality continues,... Continue reading

"It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem" ~ Coretta Scott King I spend a lot of time online, I will admit that. I look for photography gigs, I shop, I email, I Facebook,... Continue reading

I know that it is the end of March, but I have August on the brain. August 28th. This day has a great deal of meaning to me, for several reasons. This is the day that my oldest child celebrates his birth - August 28, 1991. This is the day... Continue reading

Hello faithful readers! (and new fans, too!) Just wanted to post a brief note to let you know that my new blog home is here, via TypePad. For those who would like, you can subscribe to my blog and be notified of new postings. It will also automatically post a... Continue reading

So today I have been studying the Declaration of Independence. There is so much great stuff in the historical documents by which this country was founded, and it goes virtually ignored every day. There is too much in-fighting amoung this group and that one for anyone to realize that the... Continue reading

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States... Continue reading

As someone who tries to stay regularly involved in activism within the "community," I still find it infuriating when society at-large behaves so blatantly ignorantly while the world sits by idly and watches it unfold around them. There is that whole thing that I have about being a bystander, and... Continue reading

What do we consider to be "wreckless behavior?" Is it carelessness? Is it thoughtless words and actions? Is it wanton abandonment of reason? Is it misuse and abuse of emotions? I suppose that the definition can be broad, and certainly different to everyone. So what do we do when we... Continue reading