Rainy Day Thoughts
Monday, September 07, 2009

President speaking on education a threat?

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Normally I would not consider education to be about politics. Well maybe when it's curriculum; but this time, it's as partisan as it...
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Sunday, September 06, 2009

What are you reading?

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This meme, in slightly differing formats, goes around every so often and is always interesting. The challenge is to find the book closest t...
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Saturday, September 05, 2009

Backdoor Relationships

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For me, it's enjoyable to break the constant drumbeat of political thinking with some other issues out there-- sometimes fun or offbeat ...
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Friday, September 04, 2009

Whose responsiblity is it?

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Politics David Brooks had a good column in the New York Times with suggestions for what Obama should do on health care reform. Brooks previo...
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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Ignorance is rampant and it's not getting better

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Politics Where we are heading as a nation is something that gravely concerns me and that I think we all would be wise to take some time to c...
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

astrology to check out

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Lynda Hill put out her astrological take on this period where we are soon to go into another Mercury retrograde. For those interested in ast...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Rune reading applied

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The great holy man, Black Elk, said, "I cured with the power that came through me. Of course, it was not I who cured. It was the power ...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

The creek in late summer

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Although I call where I live a farm, in reality, it is a small ranch as it only raises livestock. Living on ranches has its ups and downs. Y...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Jane Austen as an antidote to today's craziness?

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Sometimes things come along into my life and absolutely I can't figure out how it started, but with our recent Jane Austen film festival...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Summer of Oddities

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Politics Watch out for those emails that seem to be in all of our mailboxes. Sometimes I get them from a friend asking me what I think. Too ...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Keeping my eye on the ball

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I don't know about you, but in my life, there are so many distractions that sometimes I lose track of where I am going-- long term-- or ...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

The Art of Aging

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I really love books about using art to express what is meaningful in a life. One famous example of this was Frida Kahlo, who basically captu...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

My gun and me

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Politics with a mix of farm life At the risk of losing my reputation as a card-carrying leftie, I always come up against a few issues where ...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Guns at Town Halls?

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Clearly Politics As a big adjunct to the health care debate, surprisingly another issue has arisen-- guns in public places. Why would someo...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Health Care Reform question for naysayers

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Politics Okay, so you are one of those who wants nothing done about health care reform. You aren't a Republican Representative or Senato...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Writing about health care-- again

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Politics Ahead Writing about the health care bill has to be one of the more frustrating things I do around here. I know the facts are out th...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Living Wills

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Politics and an exploration of dying One of the things that has been thrown against the Obama administration regarding health care reform h...
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