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Weeds are just plants growing in the wrong place; vermin are animals (sometimes really cute critters) who live and wreak havoc in human occupied spaces. I think raccoons are cute. They are very intelligent which is why they can sometimes be such a nuisance. The raccoon that frequented my deck decided that it wanted to…

Any society that has no firm definition of right and wrong is doomed, for unchecked personal freedom leads to dissension and dissension to collapse of the tenuous social contract that existed. Do we not remember the wild, wild west?The psychotic males who determined manliness in terms of the number of notches on their guns? The…

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 37 years old, is the interim leader of Burkina Faso. France, colonizer has been sent packing and he is overseeing a thriving economy. Now, if he can avoid being corrupted by power and continue to care for his people–that would be a change that other leaders could emulate. Burkina Faso has achieved…

Love, any kind of love, is a luxury in a society that does not value one’s worth. I cannot tell them in person, for as Shakespeare said…they have shuffled off this mortal coil…but I thank my parents for taking care of me. I understand that was all the bandwidth they had. They grew up with…

Mind doodle! Just because I don’t want to dwell on reality. Not today! Intersex/hermaphrodite–someone who is born with a reproductive system that doesn’t fit the typical definition of male or female. Where am I going with this? have you heard of Ophiuchus? Some years ago, I read an article about the thirteenth sign of the Zodiac and…

Widow makers–that’s how one may reference the fallen branches in the woods, the forests, anywhere there is a tree! As you know, we live in a patriarchy and only males walk in the woods–therefore, widow makers. Also, if you happen to be hit by a falling branch, most likely you will die or wish you…

I never thought lavender would be a go-to color, but I recently decorated a room with the main color theme of lavender and cream. It is peaceful, serene, restful. I wish I had thought of the color combination sooner! A plane crashed. This time the Republicans didn’t even bother with their meaningless sanctimonious thoughts and…

Turtles are terrapins and terrapins are turtles. They just prefer different environments in which to thrive. This past summer, this terrapin sunned itself by my back door and didn’t budge when I opened the door. I suppose it was exploring because the nearest suitable habitat was the brackish water in the abandoned railroad bed that…

Today, I saw a cardinal. We each noted one the other. A cock of its head in my direction, a nod from me. And, then, it flew away to tend to its day and I, to mine. World Trade Center September 11, 2001 I don’t watch television in the morning, so I had no idea…

Hancock Fabric Store is long gone. Back in the day, there was the Remnant House. That’s been gone for decades. Now, Jo-Ann’s has filed for bankruptcy again, second time in as many years. The Wal-Marts, where I live, sell precut fabric. Hobby Lobby sells fabric, but there is no Hobby Lobby near me and I…