Queen Elizabeth II is dead and it's hard not to become obsessed with the coverage on TV. It reminds me of when President Kennedy was assassinated. I was almost 10 years old at the time but watched Walter Cronkite non-stop for a week while my younger siblings played outside unaffected. I was born in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. She officially became Queen … [Read more...]
What Happened to Our Bodies – Ourselves? Women’s Rights on Trial
I do not like writing about politics on this blog and even though I have ranted from time to time, I have deleted those posts because the crisis had passed, or they weren’t relevant anymore. However, women’s rights is an ongoing issue and shouldn’t be political. It applies to all women no matter their political stance. Millions of women’s hearts were shattered when SCOTUS … [Read more...]
Sensationalism in the News is Not New
I added PBS documentaries to my Amazon Prime subscription and watched a 2-part series called Citizen Hearst: American Experience. Other than Hearst Castle, Patty Hearst, and little from Citizen Kane, I didn’t know much about William Randolph Hearst. I’m a huge sucker for documentaries because I am a history geek and Hearst was quite a character. He was one of the first … [Read more...]
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Hero for Human Rights
I had been escaping from the Internet for most of the day when I checked my Twitter feed. It couldn’t be true! Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was gone! And yet, it was amazing she made it so long. She died of pancreatic cancer. I know how brutal that disease is because my boyfriend died from it at the beginning of the year. Justice Ginsburg battled 4 different cancers during … [Read more...]
Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Caregivers Story
It’s always hard to hear that a person has passed away from cancer. It’s a horrible disease that can completely change a person’s life as well as their families, causing deep pain and enormous stress. With Senator John McCain’s passing from Glioblastoma Multiforme, it brings back the pain my family went through when my husband succumbed to the same disease. Glioblastoma … [Read more...]
