Happy V-Day 2012: Celebrating Navigating Uncharted Water’s Third Anniversary!
Happy V-Day, dear readers and subscribers! Wow! It is hard to believe this all started just three years ago today. You all have changed and expanded my life […]
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Answering the RNC’s Call: Go, Joe, Go! Keep Kicking Butt and Taking Names!
Murder will continue to rise. Rape will continue to rise. All crime will continue to rise. – Joe Biden, Vice President The Republican National Committee (RNC) wants me to condemn […]
Thank You: It Takes a Village to End Homelessness
Sixth months ago today, I became homeless. Three months ago today, I moved into my new home. Sixth years ago today, my father passed away from a stroke. Yesterday, I […]
J2J Day 11: Does Your Love Life Need a New GPS?
Does your love life make you want to don your tennis shoes and bolt? Do you wish Elizabeth Gilbert had written a different sequel to Eat, Pray, Love ~ one […]
Book Review: Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy
. . .this story is not primarily about spies and secret government agencies; it’s about violence against women, and the men who enable it. – Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who […]
J2J Day 10: Iyanla Vanzant on Oprah
I was on Oprah today. OK. Blink. You missed me. Several times. I was in the audience for almost all of Iyanla Vanzant’s twenty-two appearances on Oprah. I vividly recall the Maundy […]
Book Review: The Company She Keeps by Georgia Durante
Georgia Durante The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife by Georgia Durante is a compelling look behind the closed doors of the Mob. It […]
J2J Day 9: Intention
Lakeshore Drive in Chicago was impassable last night due to a record-setting blizzard. The Weather Channel is reporting thunder snow. We have sunshine in Seattle. It is time for me to […]
Artist’s Date: Neighborhood Birds & Critters
The Byrds: Bella, Rocky, Angel III, Ziggy Animals are a superb antidote to PTSD intense episodes. My Byrds are excellent music critics. Three are named for composers: Pachelbel (Bella), Rachmaninoff (Rocky), […]
Jesse Jones: Sending Get Well Wishes
Jesse Jones is a hero to the little guy in Seattle. Hundreds of people call him every week at KING5 (NBC) hoping to “Get Jesse” to remedy an injustice. Mr. Jones, who […]
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