For no particular reason … remembering Bill
Yesterday Alec and I were talking to a friend about living with children who are at the young toddler age, and we remembered Bill when we were living in the upstairs of the big blue house in Hattiesburg Mississippi. I think Noel was about two and a half or so and Bill was a little …
Am I having flashbacks or what? Adam Smith and ENDA inclusion
After signing the petition in support of Gender Identity Inclusive ENDA through Equal Rights Washington on January 6th with this message: Representative Adam SmithU.S. House of Representatives2402 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515-0001 Dear Representative Smith, I join with the hundreds of thousands of people who make up the membership of the organizations of United …
“This Land is Your Land” – The Obama Inaugural Celebration Concert
Listen to an watch this performance of Woody Guthrie’s ” great song, “This Land is Your Land” It is sung by Tao Rodríguez, his grandfather Pete Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen Tim Harris wrote: Watch Pete’s eyes gleam when he does the private property verse. A moment worth watching again and again. Looking at that gorgeous …
The inauguration of Barack Obama
Hi everyone. I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been really busy and also dealing with some health things. (No seizures thank goodness.) I wanted to post something for this amazing day, and I watched this video and thought Jay Smooth. Here it is – be sure to watch it to the end! Why I’m …
The ‘war’ that was always illegal is now illegal.
Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway wrote today in The Iraq War Is Now Illegal Ongoing combat in Iraq is illegal under US law. As of January 1, Congress’ authorization of the war expired. As some of the comments to the article point out, this occupation of Iraq war was never legal. I haven’t updated it …
Daniel Cartier “Auld Lang Syne”
I really enjoyed Daniel Cartier’s version of this old song: Auld Lang Syne Daniel wrote: My fiancé Joe and I filmed this video on Cape Cod. It’s one of my favorite songs of all time; a bittersweet song of hope. May the upcoming New Year be filled with joy and love for everyone.God Bless!Daniel Learn …
Apesma’s Lament: Real Change Rock Rock On
In his blog “Apesma’s Lament” Tim Harris, one of my favorite Seattle people (not yet met in ‘real time’) wrote: Today, a close friend called to say their family was sending Real Change $1,000. It’s been a tough year for them, but they’re doing it anyway. I’ve been hearing that a lot lately. It’s inspiring. …
Sharing some thoughts on the upcoming inauguration
I wanted to share this, which was written by Lance Helms who is the Gulf Regional Director for PFLAG: Subject: another view of the Inauguration plans As a native Atlantan, I’m somewhat sorry to see the choice of Rev. Warren overshadow the choice of Rev. Joseph Lowery, who will give the benediction — which is …
Short takes …
I haven’t posted since the ones when we got home from California. A lot has happened. We’ve been busy. I only have time to catch up a little here right now. I started to write this an hour ago and the power blinked off and I lost it so I am writing a short one …