I'm re-posting this from Rosie O'Donnell's blog (www.rosie.com) because it is strong writing, because it is beautiful, because it is true.  She wrote this account in April 2005:

GAY FOSTER MOM

So, I am so moved by Behind Blue Eyes post, "How does all that Hope and Change taste NOW?" that I am referring you all to read it via my blog.

 http://open.salon.com/blog/behind_blue_eyes/2009/09/05/how_does_all_that_hope_and_change_taste_now

He says what I think.  As we listen to our Presi… Read full post »

… From Cartouche's friend Leigh Bailey: " No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day." Any questions?  

 Now - go create a 'new post'… Read full post »

I copied this exquisite poem off Rosie's blog (www.rosie.com) just hours after Michael Jackson's death.  I admire Ms. O'Donnell so much for her courage - she uses her voice to inform, to protest, to stand for justice, to love people.  I've been inspired by not only her writings, but her 'bl… Read full post »

FOR HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY 

Husband, my lover

Age does not show in your face

But your soul is old  

Rich with grandchildren

The young grandfather exults

in his good fortune  

Half a century--

Writing down the memories

Of a happy life.… Read full post »

Dalton Trumbo's 1939 novel about WWI,  Johnny Got His Gun, was made into a harrowing film in 1971.  You can read about this amazing writer at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874308/bio.

The film is hard to find, but worth it.  I am not going to reveal details about it here because the… Read full post »

ARETHA'S HAT IS EVERYWHERE!!

It reminds me of when I heard of the phenomenon in Japan where a trend can move across the entire country in moments, through the instantaneous texting between one group of friends to another.  I always attributed that to the relatively homogenous cult/… Read full post »

Today's ditching of the USAirways Airbus in the Hudson River in NY was handled in a textbook manner by the captain and crew.  Everyone got a bit wet and cold, but they are all alive.  What a beautiful outcome! 

I'm a retired air traffic controller; before 9/11 we… Read full post »

The shredding has begun.

He sits watching Democracy Now,

the screen showing subtitles as the

shredder hums like the 2004 cicadas

(Brood X).

Papers from all our past lives--

Walnut Wood Lane in Burke

then on Arlen Ave in Annandale, where we

lived in Sue's basement.

Kalmia Lee Court… Read full post »

bouleversement bool-vair-suh-MAWN:

Noun: Complete overthrow; a reversal; a turning upside down. 

Yes, I guess it's time for a bool-vair-suh-mawn;a turning upside-down of my soul . . .What would shake out of it?

I imagine how it might be - a lightening of my burdens,dropping out of my heart-pocke… Read full post »