It breaks my heart that gun violence has become an evergreen topic, but here we are. I won’t list them but the Gun Violence Archive does. It’s unsettling to look at the list and see how many of these terrible tragedies have already faded in memory. The following is an update of post that appeared here three years ago. ## What do you see when I say “passive?” Hankie-totin’ Southern ladies on their fainting couches? Perhaps a heroine, reenacting The Perils of Pauline, tied to the…
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Bountiful Blueberries, Stolen Strawberries, and Kumquats
This "recycled" blog post is one of my favorite attitude adjusters. Gratitude, generosity, doing my best and letting go of the outcome.... Enjoy.
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14 Cheap Ways to be Generous
From time to time may of us are deluged with donation requests from worthy causes. The inability to act on all of them can sometimes make us feel cheap or selfish. Here’s the related paradox, though: I’m pretty sure it doesn’t often occur to cheap, selfish people to feel that way! So what can you do when your generous impulses outstrip your budget? When there is too much month left at the end of the money? Here’s a list of cheap (as in “free” or “inexpensive”)…