Stepping Aside

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 nonsense my government is up to, but leaking can cause folks to die, so I’m…

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 for a reason. But I realized the other day that I haven’t done that in…

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 better now that I’m taking oil in the evening. I planted in the greenhouse this year….

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 one. Problems happen when we forget that. We become self-centered in our attitude. He said…

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 gasoline. It makes me sick. And the last place I want to smell it is…

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I watched Rachel’s show last night and, as always, I was impressed at how she told the story of Reagan’s crime against this country. He wasn’t supposed to sell arms to Iran, yet he arrogantly did and others took the…

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. So many things I’m thankful for: The woman in the car today who, along with her husband, circled our building three times looking at all the metal we’re having recycled. She thinks I’m a bitch. I’m not, but it doesn’t…

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The day I left the message on our voice mail at the shop that we have to move and we didn’t know at the time what the future held, was difficult. Then the first messages started coming in. One guy,…

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. If something doesn’t seem right, then it probably isn’t. This nutty world we all live in requires that we pay attention to that inner voice we all possess. Where others fail us, the inner voice won’t. Even if it just…

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. We donated three cars today to Heritage for the Blind. From the phone call to arrange pick up, to the tow company who came today, this process was easy and the people involved were just great! I highly recommend calling…

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Our business is probably ending. It’s not our choice, but our landlord’s. If we can’t find another location within a few days, we’re basically done. 13 1/2 years and it all ends when we finally stand up for our rights….

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. GW Pharma was awarded a patent recently on cancer-killing cannabinoids. Nice that the federal government is acknowledging what many of us have known for some time now. Cannabis is an essential part of our pharmacopeia. But when you consider the…

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I’m so glad President Obama signed the expanded version of the Violence Against Women Act into law. It provides needed support for survivors that they wouldn’t have otherwise. Of course the Republicans have sent us into sequester so part of…

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. VAWA passed this week. I would like to think that our collective voices standing up for women’s  rights helped. I felt better doing so, and I know others did as well. But that’s only one of the myriad issues that…