I typically would not bother doing this, but I feel it is only fair to provide a forum on my own account for those seeking to respond.

I have made several comments concerning hate speech on Sally Swift’s post, Gun Violence in Phila Movie, Shut Up Or I’ll Shoot You specifically… Read full post »

To all my old friends on Open Salon (and whatever new ones have trundled in ):

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here.  I’m still taking Dr. Spudman’s advice and leaving my account intact, as I don’t see the need at the moment to burn that… Read full post »

It has been a year of uphill fighting for Entergy Corporation’s embattled Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont.  Tritium leaks came and went and came back again, a complete lack of accountability by management was demonstrated, rebuffed, addressed and brought once more to… Read full post »

I want to preface this with the statement that I have never belonged to any union in any workplace.  Ever.  Currently I have to pay a “fee” to the union at work to cover the cost of the collective bargaining agreement that happens to cover my job as well  (even though… Read full post »

I just read with an incredible amount of distaste the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case against the Westboro Baptist Church (regarding their reprehensible “picketing” of United States Armed Services funerals).  The court, while finding the actions of the “church” u… Read full post »

Dear Mrs. Palin,

I listened to your statement regarding the Arizona tragedy.  I admit, it is the first time since the 2008 campaign that I have chosen to watch video of you.  I also admit that I find your lack of knowledge regarding the issues to be profoundly… Read full post »

An Open Letter

Dear members of the Westboro Baptist Church,

I honestly did not think your activities could have become more offensive, yet once again I’m proven wrong.  Your intent to picket funerals of the victims in Tucson, your statements concerning G-d’s “inten… Read full post »

On 8/17 I purchased a brand-spankin’-new computer system from Dell.  This was my second machine from Dell, and my fourth machine overall in over 20 years of home computing.  For the tech heads amongst you, it was a pretty decently put-together machine:  AMD Athlon quad core proce… Read full post »

The sun shines here
The air is warm and sweet
Choirs of birds sing their
A cappella praises for the day

How can this be, when someone dear
Has completed too soon his travels on weary feet
The wires and drips and beeping machines in his care
The only companions of his loved ones in array.

We grieve… Read full post »

I made it a point of checking in at Open Salon today.  Yes, I know - I'm gone, I'm no longer active here.  But today marked a special day for me, and I wanted to see if it was that way for anyone else.  Sadly, it wasn't, or at least no… Read full post »

I started posting on Open Salon on August 5, 2008.  It took me a while to find my sea legs here, as in the beginning there were a lot of political and newsy types of post.  I don’t do political and newsy posts, my forte has been poetry, fiction, photography and… Read full post »

Please note that I am not a professional writer - no one has yet paid me for anything I have written.  But I’ve been writing creatively off and on since I was nine years old, and that’s NOT in dog years.  During that time, there are several things I’ve learned that… Read full post »