Stepping Aside

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. So I’m reading the news and I see an article about Oregon temporarily banning pesticides that kill bees. We had a huge amount die in READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. So I just read an article from Think Progress (link to great article about an idiot) about a letter John McCain wrote in response to a situation READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. A hemp flag will be raised above the Capitol on Thursday, July 4th. How ironic. Do we dare hope that this could mean the government READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. My father died today. I had no relationship with him because of how he treated me growing up. He was a condescending, creepy guy. My READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Rick Perry is a shitty guy. He made the predictable, misogynistic response to Wendy Davis’s filibuster of SB5. He’s calling another special session next week READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Texas legislature is trying to ban abortion statewide with HB60. Extensive testimony was given last night until it was stopped. Rumor has it they READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Farm bill just failed in the House. Cue the Speaker is a Loser comments. But it needed to fail because of the cuts to READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I don’t know how I feel about this classified document leaking that’s been going on. Like most people, I really do want to know what READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I used to try to find meaning in things that happened – like maybe there was an unseen hand at work and whatever happened was READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Memorial Day weekend. It always rains. This weekend is no exception. So, I made some more oil. I have to say, I sleep so much READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I was blessed to see His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama today in Eugene. He’s surprisingly direct and funny. His message was simple: we are READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Why can’t someone invent a gas can that doesn’t leak? It wasn’t as if the can was over-filled. I happen to hate the smell of READ MORE