Just a note, I keep adding to this post whenever more insanity happens, so my thoughts may appear to be scattered in places. It has been challenging for me lately to write about topics like fashion, beauty, and travel, especially when our world is in chaos. I will freely admit it has me in a state of horror. They are all topics I thoroughly enjoy, but … [Read more...]
How I Really Feel About What is Happening in the World for Those Who Want to Know
I received an email after one of my newsletters came out. The email was from a subscriber and read: “Fascism has now been imposed in America, a genocide has likely killed more than 100,00 people in Gaza, Israel is engaged in its 78th year of land theft….and this is only the beginning. The topics in your blog are the last things I care about. Please remove me from … [Read more...]
The Death of Queen Elizabeth II – A Stalwart Presence
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...]