Ban Bad Patterns! Stop the Celtic Cable Lady!

I am a ‘project’ person.

Novels,paintings,gluing shells and glass pebbles to the bathroom wall,collecting January Issues of Sky and Telescope and Astronomy Magazine with various crocheted table clothes,rugs and afghans are scattered around my house. Ending a project is always followed by starting a project.

Last week I completed a thread [...]

Tornados and Floods –In Perspective

Did you know a flood is the only weather event that can happen anywhere? [...]

‘t is the Season

When is Christmas? The longest night of the year has passed and I am looking forward to February 2nd when our way back ancestors were finally certain the days were getting longer and they would quite possibly survive winter. 

I have noticed our small City of Bozeman is suffering a smattering of robberies. The [...]

“I am not a Witch!”

What is wrong with America? Have we all gone mad? We threaten to burn Holy Books and protest Faith Based Community Centers that are too close to the site of a mass murder? Then we make fun of one of the oldest traditions in human history. “I am not a Witch.” [...]

Pity Pots and Validation

With OI,these things happen randomly and unless a bone is poking out,we tend to complete our plans. [...]

Rabbit Ears,Tin Foil and Boiling Water

Television has changed during my lifetime. I remember when a tv was furniture. We had to cross the room to change the volume and the channel. If we did change the channel,we had to adjust the fine tuning and sometimes go outside to give the antenna a turn. Rabbit Ears,coat hangers and tin foil made our living rooms look like a mad scientist’s laboratory. I also remember the horizontal and vertical hold knobs and how a good slap on the side could help settle things down. [...]

Throwaway People in the United States

Having touched on these issues,is there anything anyone can do to curb these numbers? In my research of these problems I have not saved or identified a single victim,nor have I lessened anyone’s risk of becoming one of these missing people. I feel fairly powerless. Does public awareness cause social change? Does knowing a number change the number? [...]

Good Grief

I troll the news and reference books for seeds of horrid plot lines and there are plenty of depraved things going on to stock my shelves with plots and characters. [...]

Handicap Parking Lot –Part Three

Not only did they replace the sign,it appears they restriped the lot and tightened down the neighboring sign. It took some time,and I gave up on the issue in fear of becoming a victim. But,it is done and I am pleased. [...]

President Obama is coming to Bozeman,Today

President Obama and his family are in town today. I am not the type to camp out in order to acquire tickets so I will watch the Town Hall Meeting from the comfort of my home. I’ll get a better view and better sound. [...]