Privacy & Rights vs. Protection

On Monday the Gov. of Maine announced a plan that would be an alternative to the 14 day quarantine that is now in place for all visitors to the state. Instead of visitors quarantining when they enter the state, they would sign a Certificate of Compliance that states they have tested negative for the virus. …

Seeing Your Inner Beauty

For the entire week, I had been stuck in rush hour traffic so today I decided to go shopping. I grabbed a few things off the racks that I thought were pretty, made small conversation with the salesperson about retiring at 30 (a story for another time) then headed over to the fitting room. I …

Being Prepared

Have you ever thought that you had all the big things prepared and then at the last minute realize that the small details are sometimes overlooked, and can eventually turn into big things. I was extremely excited when I finally got a callback from the company I had recently applied for, they wanted me to …

The Conscience Crisis

Most of us are born with an inner sense of what is right and wrong. As we get older that inner sense, our conscience, solidifies and we become upstanding, law abiding citizens.  Then there is the opposite side of the spectrum, those with no conscience. These people are typically described as having little or no …

Racism Rears It’s Ugly Head 2014 Edition

Has anyone seen ABC’s newest show, “Black-ish”. Not sure who okayed this name, but it’s just one more example of American racism at its finest.
I’m not a big TV watcher and happened to see this on a billboard on my way to work. I was driving rather quickly, so on first glance I thought it said Blackies. I was immediately angered but calmed down enough at work to look up the actual title. For me the actual title, Black-ish is just as bad as saying Blackie