Kim Hartman

Kim Hartman
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, USA
Birthday
April 01
Company
~Flying Solo~
Bio
Kim is a former publisher and editor and now works as a freelance journalist and writer covering topics that include- Holistic and Alternative Health, Spirituality and Environmental issues, as well as southern living, culture and humor about daily life. With 20 years of experience she has written for magazines and newspapers throughout the Mid-Atlantic states and was a featured writer for Coastal Connection, InnerSelf and a contributor to the Smithsonian Magazine Health, and CNN, iREPORT and opensalon. She particularly enjoys gardening, writing and reading satire and parodies and the news of the odd, bizarre and strange, with a penchant for sharing opinions on things that make you go hmmm. email: CelebrateMe@aol.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them...about the only thing you can't do is ignore them, because they change things. They push the human race forward. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They create. They explore. They inspire. Maybe they have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written? Or paint words to paper in a way that makes them come alive? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels? And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." ~~ Apple Computer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you." Rita Mae Brown-

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Last week, a young bottle-nose dolphin named Merlin became the first of his species to join the growing number of enthusiasts using the Apple iPad when he was able to successfully recognize and touch pictures on the screen to match objects he was shown.
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                        Baboon Attack Seriously Injures Caretakers
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In some circles bio-medical research on primates is a nice way to say animal torture. Two baboons held ca… Read full post »
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Experts are watching the continuous flow of oil that is spilling into the Gulf of Mexico and trying to assess the ecological impact on the environment and the creatures that live in the ocean including the manatee, the… Read full post »
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NOAA's track record in predicting the number of Atlantic hurricanes is so abysmal that a trained chimp could do better, says The National Center for Public Policy Research, a… Read full post »

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 The Kentucky Derby - First Saturday in May

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Churchhill Downs- the home of the "Greatest 2 minutes in Sports" is ready to host the 136th Run for the Roses. The Kentucky Derby is steeped in traditional food… Read full post »

APRIL 29, 2010 12:52AM

Vandals Desecrate Virgin Mary Statue

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A statue of the Virgin Mary was vandalized at a Charlotte church and… Read full post »

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The economy is taking a toll on the dead as bodies stack up in morgues across the country. Many are going unclaimed by families who can't afford to bury or cremate their loved ones. One way we look back at a culture is how they dispose of their… Read full post »
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Considering an eco-afterlife? A "Green Burial" will return your remains to the earth naturally and avoids embalming, toxic chemicals, metal caskets and burial vaults… Read full post »

                         Stop Animal Abuse

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 Pets Plus owner Aaron Ashley in West Virginia has been charged with Felon Animal Cruelty after Fairmont Police allegedly found 22 pets from… Read full post »

~ The Lane Bryant commercials that Fox/ABC don't want you to see~

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Fox and ABC refuse to air Lane Bryant's full figured women's lingerie ads as originally created during Dancing With the Stars and American Idol, until much editing was done- in what appears to be a discriminatory… Read full post »

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                Here Comes the Judge- GUILTY!
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A Charleston, WV attorney plead guil… Read full post »

U.S Court Separates Elderly Same-Sex Couple, Then Sells Property

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    The Blessed Union of a Same-Sex Couple

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San Francisco - A California court recently placed two homosexual partners in separate nursing homes, and a county judge has ruled they had been simply "roommates." But does this fly in the face of a recen… Read full post »

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Stoners, slackers, recreational and medical marijuana users are posed and ready to fire up those bongs, pipes and joints for the annual 420 Celebration held April 20 each year in cities, basements and garages acro
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It's Spring in West Virginia and that means Strawberry Season is in full swing.  My 83 year old Grandfather visited me yesterday morning and blessed me with a box filled to the top with lots and lots of big, sweet, juicy strawberries from his berry patch.

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                          Buckets for Breasts in Race for the Cure

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This KFC restaurant in Louisville, Ky., underwent a pink-ification as part of KFC's "Buckets for t… Read full post »

~Meet America’s tiniest terrorist: 6-year-old Allison Mosher, who’s landed on the nation’s No Fly List alongside mad bombers and other villainous thugs in a mind-boggling snafu that could scuttle her family’s Grand Canyon vacation, her outraged dad!

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                Cops Used Taser on Man's Genitals and Buttocks

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This was not just a case of an Officer using “rough” language to get the Complainant’s attention. He punctuated his offensive speech… Read full post »

I used to dream about being an astronaut. I just never had the grades. Or the physical endurance. Plus I threw up a lot and nobody liked spending a week with me."

— Philip J. Fry, 'Futurama' TV show 'The Series Has Landed
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                        Stop the Violence of Kids Killing Kids

       Damion Blaney 14 yrs old  - Killed by a STRAY bullet in Charleston, WV

 

 

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ProPublica is thrilled to report that reporter Sheri Fink today won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for her story a

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  Montani Semper Liberi ... Mountaineers Are Always Free 

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Monday April 5, 2010 at 3 pm an explosion ripped through the Upper Big Branch Mine in what one Massey Coal Mine Worker on his way into the mine described as a powerful "whooshing" sound as rock, debris, coal dust… Read full post »
APRIL 10, 2010 5:37AM

No Survivors Found in WV Coal Mine

 Miners Bodies recovered after five long days of Waiting

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After five days of praying, waiting and searching, the four missing coal miners wer… Read full post »

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As long as we have coal in West Virginia we will have widows waiting

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When the methane gas explosion occurred at West Virginia'… Read full post »
Editor’s Pick
APRIL 7, 2010 10:43PM

Apology Issued for Slavery Omission in Civil War History

     

 Virginia Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the American Civil War will begin in Virginia in June 2010 and will continue for the next fews years. The current schedule of events offers a wide range of activities that will encompass all the aspects of civil war histo… Read full post »

"It's questionable whether war is ever justifiable except for defense and then it is surely a duty" - Jefferson Davis
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