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Powerful HoUSAtonic Connections--MA/NY CT (many connect for US-All)

on Tue, 06/10/2014 - 21:37


While 9-11 brought the United States of A Miracle into a new sense of connection with the other states in the country, sharing not only the national loss but ties to neighboring states where families of the victims lived and felt the impact of the difficulty on many levels of a national tragedy.

Maya Angelou, An Angel who bid an Earthly Adieu to US-All in May

on Fri, 05/30/2014 - 15:59

On May 28th,  2014--the day of the passing or our great Amerian poet and citizen Maya Angelo at age 86--I heard a 1986 clip of  an interview on www.npr.org . I realized that there was some poetry in the timing of  Maya Angelou being called home by an angel in May.

She had come full circle and was reiterating we May speak, we May dream, we May move on when its time to go...and she lived fully, like a human angel with imperfections and struggles and  then a life journey that paved the way for others to accept that healing and forgiveness could allow one's soul to move toward the more beautiful

Rats:Have you ever "pulled a reverse" (blamed someone for something you did when you hurt them?)

on Wed, 05/28/2014 - 15:32

A combo (make that a megacombo) of stories from various aspects of situations to highlight not only a complex 'pulling of a reverse' wherein one person insults another then blames them for bringing the situation on, and getting what they deserved. Ever had that happen to you or do that to someone else? That is Typical behavior or a strategy by many people with a drug or alcohol problem or mental illness or personality disorder such as bipolar or borderline or schizoaffective disorder.

Those are often linked but for now, we'll set the overall scene of what can happen to any parent for various

Thanks for being part of my journey, all 10K of you (plus or minus those who've viewed more than one post)

on Wed, 05/28/2014 - 04:02

I wanted to chime in here that about Ten Thousand people clicks on my blog posts have happened since its inception about a year ago. Maybe some the same people looked at a few postings. I've mentioned it in a few newspaper articles-- using the 'least amount of energy to get the most work/ exposure done'. Sometimes it feels like 'bragging or self-promotion' but really I feel like Somebuddy has to talk about these matters for more people to ponder collectively. It's not easy to start writing if one had been beaten down by naysayers or not built up by yeah-sayers.

Reflections on Memorial Day 2014 in Sharon CT, a teen hero's hometown

on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 02:57

I enjoyed seeing country roads lined with green trees and American flags in the towns and on the homes  while I zoomed through Salisbury and Lakeville on the way to Sharon CT this morning to help direct the parade which forms in near the school and makes its festive way down Main Street along the Green. I set up my Turtlemobile (my green Subi small station wagon/Outback with stickers on the back which call out "Teach Your Children Well" --as the words to that song from the 60s go--and 'Courage", "Trust", "Respect"--along the lines of another "Give it, Get It.

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