Marching in Selma

The Selma March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, March 4, 2012 was part reenactment of the 1964 protest for voter rights and a 2012 march demonstrating against adding additional barriers to voting. I am a mature white woman raised in the south. I am disturbed about the …

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Scott's Writing Assignment Rationalization (no editing allowed)

Rationalization, how I love thee. I wonder if this is an American term. Do we as Americans feel a puritan need to rationalize what we consider indulgences? I come home tired and stressed out and I tell myself I ate a small lunch, this chocolate won’t hurt my diet.

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Grandpa's American Dream

My grandpa Ron, told me about a hundred times how with every paycheck he cashed, he and Grandma always put some money in their saving account at the National Trust Bank. According to Grandpa, that money went into the bank even if they had to eat beans for supper every night.

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This just bugs me

Has anyone else noticed how often politicians talk about their "reign." When did that start? I always thought the word 'reign'was used only to refer to those that held absolute power over someone or something.

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Anger over the years

I grew up in La before the clean energy age...Locals called it 'Cancer Alley'.

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Reed Waddle

I have been following the career of this young man for the last 4 years. The first time I saw him was in a little dive of a place right across from the beach in Destin Florida. I stayed until they played their last set at 2:00 am. I was completely blown away by his music.

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Self Freedom

I was a teen in the late sixties. So many song and movies of that era lauded 'freedom.' I remember thinking even then that I had never been free. I carry the chains within me always. Some are lovingly bound around my heart such as those linking me to my family.

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Teaching can be painful

Last Saturday I visited with my son and his family. One of my grandchildren had been invited to a birthday party that day and the whole family was invited to come as well. The boys were excited as it was a skating party.

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Satisfaction

It's been years since I was an on the police force. Three years ago I retired and joined a friend's business. Well, more than a friend actually, he trained me when I first joined the force. We were partners for ten years when he retired.

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A mother's love

I didn't begin appreciating my mother until I became much older. Maybe that is when I began to forgive her for not being the mother of my expectations. My love for her was full of repressed anger and resentment.

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A layperson's view on potential investigation of the practice of water boarding

I have been watching the news channels and have listened to numerous talking heads debating whether or not an investigation that may possibly lead to prosecution for the practice of water boarding should be conducted. The views go all over the spectrum about this issue.

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Tomato Girl -2009 Butki Reading Challenge

Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek (author) Publisher: Algonquin Books (August 26, 2008) Language: English / ISBN-10: 1565124723 / ISBN-13: 978-1565124721

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Living in Loserville

It's so freaking hot. I feel waves of heat pulse off the sidewalk to blast my face. Sweat in my hairline is running down my body to collect in soggy patches under my arms . There is no shade. This is not a section of town where large green trees wave coolly over historic homes.

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A Parchment of Leaves / 2009 Book Review Challenge

by Silas House (Author) Publisher: Algonquin Books; 1 edition (August 16, 2002) ISBN-10: 1565123670 / ISBN-13: 978-1565123670 #9

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Mornings on Horseback

by David McCullough Hardcover, 464 pages / ISBN-10: 0743217381 / ISBN-13: 9780743217385 # 8

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Where the Lake becomes the River

7. Where the Lake becomes the River Kate Betterton IBN 13:798-0-9815192-1-0/ISBN 10: 0-9815192-1-0 Published 2008 NOvello Festival Press, Charlotte, NC For Scott Butki 2009 Reading Challenge

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Clay's Quilt - 2009 Book review Challenge

6. Clay's Quilt by Silas House (audio book review) I really enjoyed this book about a young boy growing up in a Kentucky town in the foothills of the Appalachia Mountains. Clay Sizemore is "raised" by his Aunt Easter when his mother and Easter's beloved sister is killed.

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Why I think it's going to be OK

Every time I watch MSNBC or CNN I have a distinct sense of déjà vu. I feel like, hey, wait a moment here. I have been through this before. I was at ground zero when the oil industry basically imploded in the 1980s.

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From Jane's Security Newsbrief

This is from Jane's free newsbrief; I can't afford the subscription. But I try to follow the glimpses they offer. This piece interested me.

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2009 Reading Challenge The Painted Drum

3. The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich /Audio Cassette/ Publisher: Sound Library (September 2005) /ISBN-10: 0792737423 / ISBN-13: 978-0792737421

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The Lovely Bones - audio book review

5. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Alyssa Bresnahan (Narrator) ISBN-10: 1402532903 ISBN-13: 978-1402532900

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Book Review 2009

4. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (Author) - fiction - bent-around-the-edges humor ASIN: B000UZNRG4 Print Length: 368 pages Publisher: Vintage (August 14, 2007)

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Janice's Valentine

She hated having to sit in this room. She sat in the chaise by the bay window listening to his labored breathing. She wondered if it was time to give him his medication again. She allowed her eyes to reach the sheet covering his chest and watch it rise and fall with each breath.

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Valentine's Day Journal Entry

Journal Entry February 14, 2009 It is the same this year as last. And it was the same the year before. There are lots of pictures of puffy red and pink flowers with lacy ribbon wrapped delicately around vases everywhere I look.

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