Dark Thoughts

Earlier this week, a very proud mom and dad.. Mr. and Mrs. Cummings from Houston, Texas.. dropped their son off to begin his four years at The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Can you imagine how happy they were? (If you can’t, click below) https://abc7ny.com/video/embed/?pid=10845033 While sitting outside their beautiful hotel near historic…

Are we there yet?

This past week-end’s pride parade in Ft Lauderdale ended in tragedy when a truck plowed into the group of marchers killing one participant. The mayor, who was at the event, immediately decried it as a terror attack against the LGBTQ+ community. The press went wild calling it Florida’s “Charlottesville moment.” Trump was blamed for spreading…

WHY IS THIS SO HARD?

So if we don’t care about people, do we care about animals? Last Saturday in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, a 67 year old man with an injured leg was walking his 14 year old dog, Alice. Suddenly, a 29 year old homeless man approached them and demanded the guy’s jacket. When the older man said “no,”…

The world needs more truth tellers.

I like to check the news overseas every day just to see how things are ‘going’ in other parts of the world through a lens that isn’t American. A disturbing article out of France caught my eye the other day. The report stated that French “web influencers” were recently contacted by a London based firm…

Dingbats

The term Dingbat was first used as a name for an alcoholic beverage back in 1838. It wasn’t until around 1905 that it was used to describe a foolish person. I thought about this word as I was reading the latest installment of super scary revelations about COVID that literally involves bat sh*t.. otherwise known…

Fascinating..

We went on an actual date last night.. remember those? The hubby and I tried out a restaurant on the beach; it’s in a popular local hotel, so I was slightly nervous.. you know, Covid and all. If I had to title the story of my night out, I’d call it fascinating. There were vacationers…