Tag Archives: politics
I have felt so drawn to the Women’s March in Washington D.C. since it was first mentioned. How would I get there? I do not travel enough to jump on a plane and go alone. No one was leaving from my little town. So, I started keeping an eye on the March’s Facebook page – then, the Michigan March’s Facebook page. Finally, the MEA (Michigan Education Association) said they had 5 buses…..
Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul. -Walt Whitman Here I am 58 years old. I never I saw a day in the USA I would be so politically moved that I would want to join a march in Washington D.C. Me, quiet, normally non-intrusive, with my opinions. Focusing them in my poetry – a medium that can be embraced or rejected by the…..
These are some difficult days. It seems as if I am watching a train wreck at times as I try to keep up on the new administration as it prepares to takeover. I substitute teach in a rural elementary school with a high Hispanic population. As a person in authority and influence over young minds, I cannot state my personal political opinion in the classroom. Over the last month of subbing, I have had…..
My husbands father, Donald Hunsberger (picture below), was a Master Sargent during WWII. He lost his left leg just below the knee. I never met him. He died April 30, 1984. Gary, my husband, said there was only one thing his dad told him about the war. His dad and one other soldier survived a battle. His dad was on the ground, with a tourniquet on his leg and smoking a cigarette, when a German soldier walked by but did…..
I Am Woman by Helen Reddy (click on link to hear song) Thinking about the state of our politics and the new belittling comments flying around, “playing the woman card,” and thought of this song. I use to sing this song all the time back in my youth. I do my best to live it now. So, what is “the woman card” as I see it? I gave up teaching for awhile to stay home and…..
Politics not a subject I would normally approach. I have a publicist who for a few more weeks will be giving me questions as blog ideas in effort to help me learn. This week’s is about talking about a current issue. While I will not say who I favor, I will speak to what I see that I do not like. I grew up in a small town in Michigan. I was bullied for my whole freshman year in high…..