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In Montana an assault on a reporter and an assault on truth

The folks at The Shinbone Star don’t take too kindly to the rabble rousing in Montana this week.  To call it rabble rousing would be an understatement, it was down right assault when Greg Gianforte, at the time campaigning for … Continue reading

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It’s not always apparent

I would never ever presume that having children is for everyone.  There are people in this world, and yes, many of them are women, who don’t want children.  They just don’t.  Not wanting children is not some kind of psychological … Continue reading

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Glue Gun Control

After my last post, I decided to do something “fun” and stop feeling so deflated.  I had been kicking around some “fun” ideas and landed on one that required a trip to the craft store.  I wanted to make something … Continue reading

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Not for Human Consumption

Blogging.  Writing.  The great need to share the inner works of one’s brain is a double edged sword.  On one hand, there is this insatiable need to get the words and ideas out, to share them with someone, everyone, to … Continue reading

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Smother’s Day

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, the first Mother’s Day since my mother’s passing.  I am trying to get all of the dread out of they way so that day doesn’t feel so bad when it gets here.  I bought fake … Continue reading

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The American Health Care Act: A Doctor’s Perspective

Check out my friends at The Shinbone Star.  This is one I wrote in response to the recent American Health Care Act (Trump-doesn’t- Care) that attempts to undue the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).   I once took an oath. It … Continue reading

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Seeing Color

I first wrote this as a Facebook post about 2 years ago.  Back then I’d subject my friends to these little ditties.  That was before I started my blog and started subjecting all of you to my ramblings.  The news … Continue reading

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Stay Woke America

There are times in life when you just get so worn down, so tired, so disappointed, so disgruntled that you think you can’t keep going. You just want to stop, get off the hamster wheel and shut out the world. … Continue reading

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My Favorite Writer

If you were to ask me who my favorite writer is, I might be inclined to say something that would impress you with my great literary insight like Hemingway, Keats, Austen, Joyce, or Fitzgerald.  I love them all, but if … Continue reading

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Why Deny Science?

I think I know that answer. It’s hard to admit, being a scientist of sorts.  I’ve studied chemistry, biology, biochemistry, physics.  I admired the way that science layers itself over time, building information and facts one on top of the … Continue reading

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