Okay I'm guilty of stealing my title from Sheila Every Burnford's book of the same name. However, this story is truly a "That's incredible, Cathy Lee" type tale.   Somewhere off the coast of Venezuela, heading towards the southern Caribbean Matt Rutherford of Annapolis, Md. is on the last leg of… Read full post »

Knock, knock, knock, the innocent knocking on a neighbor’s door is how it began. One of life’s every day tragedies. As the next few minutes passed the knocking begins and stops a number of times. Each time it starts up again it is louder and more insistent, growing to be frantic.… Read full post »

September 11, 2001 approximately 8:45am – What a beautiful morning it was. I remember doing as was my custom back then; I turned on the little portable TV that sat atop our refrigerator. Poured myself a cup of coffee and went to sit on my deck while I drank my morning… Read full post »

President Obama set out his plan for creating jobs in a fiery speech to both houses of Congress on Thursday. Once he again he has tried to craft legislation that the Republicans can support. Once again the Republicans in Congress are already lining up to block it. Michelle Bachmann with her… Read full post »

Well 2010 is three quarters gone. With the election a little less than a month away it is time to start thinking about 2011. Medical marijuana activist are all ready gearing up for the 2011 Maryland General Assembly Session. What will happen when the legislature returns in January? What we are… Read full post »

I recently wrote of my opposition to Maryland House Bill 712. I'm here to revise and amend my remarks. Last Friday afternoon February 26, 2010 in Maryland's Joint Committee Hearing Room was a sight to see. A bill that already had an impressive list of sponsors had an even more impressive… Read full post »

"Did you hear that Father Tinder died?" "When?", I asked.”Back in August I think." my mother-in-law, said. What a relief I thought. We had exchanged e-mails back in November so it couldn’t be "my" Father Tinder. Even so, I went to the church website and there it was the horrible trut… Read full post »

Twenty years ago this evening I did something that my family has yet to let me live down. I don’t want to get ahead of myself. The Berlin Wall, the icon of the Iron Curtain, was possibly the first lesson in world history I remember learning about in school. It was also Nikita… Read full post »

Monday night the A&E network ran the documentary Pot City, USA. The documentary highlights the conflict in Humboldt County, Ca. The conflict lies in California's Compassionate Use law that allows patients to use and grow cannabis for medicinal purposes and the illegal growing of marijuana for pro… Read full post »

I first learned about Patients Out of Time from Irv Rosenfeld. Don’t get me wrong, Irv’s story as one of the last living federal medical marijuana patients is compelling. Even reason enough to pass a medical marijuana law for everyone. However, Patients Out of Time is a unique organizatio… Read full post »

At the end of any posts or comments I may write is a part of a quote, "Dream things that never were and ask "Why not"". I remember vividly learning the whole quote one day in June of 1968. It was the occasion of Robert F. Kennedy's funeral. In his moving… Read full post »

This was inspired by a post by my online friend Deanie Mills. You can read her story at http://deaniemills.com/. It also comes from unbelievable frustration with how hard it is to do the right thing sometimes.

We have spent the last several months preparing to and moving in with my mother-in-law.… Read full post »

“I’m so sorry, but we’re full.” That is what the animal rescue facilities said when I called. I was trying to find some place to take my two Siamese cats. I have moved in with my ailing mother-in-law. We have given up our home of 18 years. We have given up… Read full post »

It seems that it takes a Democratic president to bring humanity to the White House. It doesn't matter if they come from great wealth like JFK & FDR or spit like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. You can also add Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter to that list. In my lifetime… Read full post »

I really don’t like drive time radio without music. I want a morning laugh. However, these morning radio personalities that think they can do three hours of stand-up comedy should face facts – they can’t! Even a great inprov comedian like Robin Williams wouldn’t be able to be… Read full post »

In January 2007, I posted the following on the blog Casey's Dream, Mrs. Kendall http://caseysdream.blogspot.com/2007/01/mrs-kendall.html. Recently Kathy Knechtges wrote about the man in her life who happens to be a polio survivor. As a polio survivor myself, I immediately identified with this man. Th… Read full post »

I am currenty in a sub-acute long term and rehabilitaion care facility. I am recovering from major back surgery. I am getting a first hand lesson in Medicare coverage. A tidbit of what is to come. If while I am here for physical and occupational therapy I backslide any then Medicare… Read full post »

Norm Stamper writes on Huffington Post: One Cop To Another: Don't Arrest Phelps for Bong Photo.

Do not arrest Michael Phelps. Do not support any company that pulls their endorsement deals because of this incident. Once again the voice of reason rises from the front line of America's War on Drugs.… Read full post »

Football season has ended, well except for the true die-hard football fan game, the Pro Bowl next Sunday.  First, let me say to the Arizona Cardinal fans, I know a little bit, about how you are feeling. As a Baltimore Ravens fan I may not know about getting that close when… Read full post »