I’ve lived in Texas longer than I’ve ever lived anywhere, but I don’t belong. Why? Let me count the reasons. Red State While wonderful Governor Ann Richards was at the helm when I arrived here in 1994, GOP governors have been in charge since. And while my county has turned blue for the most part, […]
No, we’re not on vacation. The frigid blast that hit Central Texas resulted in rolling blackouts that left our drafty old house too cold to stay in. La Quinta Here We Come! The power would come on for 45 minutes to an hour, then go off for two or three hours. So the 150-year-old house […]
A school teacher from Pennsylvania was on Smerconish this morning on CNN. He’s been suspended by his school for being at the Washington Monument on January 6. He took part in no rioting or destruction. So What Should Happen? To me, the teacher was simply exercising his First Amendment right. He joined hundreds of people […]
I worked as a Congressional intern during the summer of 1967 in Washington, D.C., and what a great experience it was! Hotel Chambermaid in Berlin or D.C. I had found a job for myself working as a chambermaid in a hotel in Berlin, where I thought I could hone my German language skills. I just […]
This is a sad day in America. Madman Encouraged Terrorism How sad that Donald Trump (he doesn’t deserve to have President in front of his name) led people to march on the Capitol. He himself just issued the challenge, then scurried away. The thugs, goons and terrorists who did his bidding resulted in disruption of […]
Obviously what is written below happened before today’s violence at the U.S. Capitol. What a shame this president has brought upon us. What I wrote was in the early morning hours today as I was feeling joy about the election results in Georgia. As for Twitter, Trump should have been suspended long ago. He’s a […]
The letter came in early December, demanding a payment of $1600 in past membership fees and threatening to take us to court. The letter was from Sea Land Travel, a travel club my husband and I joined 10 years ago. We Were Naive Without checking out any comparable services, we were lured in by an […]
Seventeen years ago Yorit and Avriam Rozin and their children moved from Israel to 70 acres of arid desert in India with the aim of restoring the land into a forest. The aim also was to create an area that would sustain a vegan lifestyle for those living there. Today the Forest is Regenerating The […]
It’s more than unbelievable the way Donald Trump is handling his loss to Joe Biden. And who would care, except it impacts national security and personal safety! Why did he lose? Let’s just try to count the ways. He lied almost every time he opened his mouth. He courted relationships with dictators and strongmen, while […]
Thomas Friedman of The New York Times was a guest on Anderson Cooper’s CNN show the other night. He said this election says more about “us” as a country than it does about Donald Trump or Joe Biden. What the Heck Does That Mean? What the heck does that mean? It means that the election […]