President Zelenskyy posted an address to the American people today in honor of Memorial Day. The address is in English with Ukrainian subtitles. Slava Ukraini! Слава Україні!
Category: News/Current Events
Proud to be in this video from Ukraine
A photo of my grandson Ben and me is included in this video from Ukraine that was posted on Instagram today. It’s the photo that was in their earlier United24 post. We’re almost at the end of the video, and if you blink you’ll miss us. Even if you don’t blink you may miss us…
I stand with the #TennesseeThree
Yesterday the racist Republican-led legislature of the State of Tennessee voted to expel three Democratic state legislators for mounting a gun reform protest in the House chamber. This came only ten days after a shooter killed six people, three children and three adults, in a school in Nashville, the state capital. The House expelled Rep….
Listen to the children
This wonderful video was filmed a year ago in an elementary school in Clarksville, Indiana. I wish our politicians in Washington would truly hear and act on its message.
To Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, and others of your ilk
To misuse Scripture to justify tearing children away from their parents and placing them in detention centers is an abomination. Scripture says…
After the Deluge (2): A hailstorm, a large tree down, and a road so damaged that now we can’t get out
Three days ago I posted about our severe weather and its aftermath, but the following day it got worse. A severe hailstorm and another torrential downpour with high winds brought down a large tree. It fell across the road, blocked the road, destroyed our beautiful Japanese maple, and knocked down our fence. Coincidentally, our tree…
Thank you, #March For Our Lives!
A sincere “Thank You” and words of encouragement to keep up the fight to all the young people who participated in the #March For Our Lives here in the U.S. and around the world. You have begun a movement for common-sense gun control laws that will save countless lives. You are our future. As…
Grieving over what happened in Charlottesville, VA and praying for this country
Shocked and dismayed by the violence and terrorism perpetrated this day by white nationalists and white supremacists in the U.S., I pray… From the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy…
Country singer Loretta Lynn smokes weed, causing my blog stats to spike!
Seriously! Two days in a row now I have received email messages from WordPress that my blog statistics are spiking. I discovered that Spin Magazine, an online music magazine, had linked to one of my blog posts. Wondering what in the world they found of interest in my blog, I was led to an article about…
Have You Heard of Kelly Gissendaner? My State Is Putting Her To Death on Tuesday
That’s right. The State of Georgia is planning, for the first time since 1945, to execute a woman, a woman whose crime actually was carried out by someone else. Kelly Gissendaner was convicted of planning the 1997 murder of her husband and was sentenced to death. The man who actually committed the crime, Kelly’s boyfriend at…
Unexpected in common hours 