Free Tuition: Bernie Sanders’ April Fool’s Joke
Free college tuition was the primary reason <pun intended> voters supported Bernie Sanders last weekend at my Washington State caucus. Apparently, it was an early April Fool’s joke on them. […]
Your Vote = Your Voice: Hillary Clinton Is a Champion for Us
When there wasn’t one person anywhere in the United States ~ not my family, not my friends, not one DV advocate or shelter ~ who would protect me from Oregon’s […]
DV + Guns = 5x More Likely to End Up Dead
Women are five times more likely to be murdered when guns are in the home. – Dan Satterberg, King County, WA Prosecutor Do you want to be a survivor or […]
Book Review: A Girl’s Guide to Moving On
Debbie Macomber is back and better than ever! A Girl’s Guide to Moving On was inspired in part by Wayne Macomber’s need for sunshine. His wife reluctantly ~ at first […]
Celebrating Navigating Uncharted Waters’ 7th Anniversary
Happy V-Day, y’all! How did you celebrate? Shannon Wilson and I went on a whirlwind two-day bucket list trip to the Oregon coast. My love for the Oregon coast began […]
Book Review: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
It’s all about psychological control. – Dan O’Hara, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed Jon Ronson was inspired to write a book about shame after he’d been cyberbullied on Twitter. So You’ve […]
Book Review: Untied by Meredith Baxter
Meredith Baxter’s memoir, Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering, is a refreshingly candid examination of the cost of shame. Shame has been a powerful weapon of control since the days […]
Book Review: Look Who’s Back
Is it true that you admire Adolf Hitler? Only in the mirror in the morning. Timur Vermes, Look Who’s Back The World’s Best Book Club (WBBC) is reading HHhH by Laurent Binet and Look […]
Book Review: Brave Enough
Desperation is unsustainable. – Cheryl Strayed, Brave Enough Cheryl Strayed is an abuse survivor akin to Grandma Gatewood. Her hike of the Pacific Coast Trail was featured in the book and […]
Happy New Year!
This year I was determined to be home for the holidays for the first time since I started my blog in 2009. With a little help from my friends, I was […]
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