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Not a Drug Addict, Mr. Gibbs…My Family is SUFFERING
So White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, this diary is for you. How dare you suggest that my complaints about Obama have to do with drug addiction. To say this, to take a Republican right-wing...
View ArticleThe Connection Between Health and Foreclosure
My cousin is a professor and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. A few years back she shared that she was doing research on the connection between foreclosure and health problems. Citing the...
View ArticleWanted: Emotional Intelligence
Name calling. Intimidation. Coercion. King of the castle. Using money. Minimize, deny and blame. Treating people as objects. The silent treatment, withdrawing our participation and affection. Lying....
View ArticleThis economy and a father that would not give up.
Today is father’s day. A day when we think about what it means to be a dad. A day when we reflect on how our lives have been impacted by our fathers. A day when we recognize what an important...
View ArticleTwo Nuclear Power Plants Flooding in the Midwest.
Last night, there was a two foot surge in river level at the Brownville Nuclear power plant just south of Omaha Nebraska. The plant came within inches of having to be shut down...
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Union Life: Sitting the bench.
"Bench" by ss2001 on flickr I have written several diaries on union life. One in the dead of the winter when my husband was working long days in sub zero temps and afraid to complain of the cold. The...
View ArticleFootball coach saves Drowing girl.
This was written in response to a diary about the impact of teachers by Ruth Calvo. Someone suggested I share this, as part of a request by my dear DW Bartoo, inviting people to share their stories. I...
View ArticleThe Real Power of Peace
As Occupy Wall Street protests bubble up and pop like popcorn across the land. It occurred to me, that there are rare times in history when talking about the power of peace is a conversation that might...
View ArticleLet’s try a Dialectical Approach with Obama
Right now on on this web site there are at least two Obama diaries at odds with each other. One skewers Obama, and the other piles on the admiration. The same occurs in discussions about Ron Paul. The...
View ArticleThe Island
There is a metaphor we use in our groups, called the island. The island is basically a metaphor for disconnection. It is the physical and emotional act of “not being present”, We can put ourselves “on...
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