A lil Sunday som' em

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it's just what i think

About a week ago I finished Helen Fielding's Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination. I was somewhat disappointed with this read. For the length of the book there was too much content. Fielding easily could have expanded any number of the ideas, which she introduced.

• Terrorism
• Sudan
• Drug Smuggling
• Political Cover ups
• Al-Qaeda
• Takfiri

Or even expanded the relationships that were introduced. Instead, although somewhat amusing, it touched slightly on all of the topics without resolve.

This book would be appropriate for the person who wants a 306 pg. quick read without much substance. For a vacation, perhaps. The author, a journalist and novelist, lives in London and that is apparent in her verbiage. On occasion the word choices tripped me up until I resolved them to an English slang.

Next read: William Paul Youngs The Shack. Why?? Last week I heard this book discussed in 3 different circles with comments like:

• "It is sweeping the Nation"
• "You mean you haven't heard of it?"
• and... "Hey what did you think of ..."

I love book discussions so I thought I'd pick it up. On the cover it is exclaimed to be the '#1 New York Times Bestseller' with over 2 million copies in print. I don't really care about all that. Countless times I've found that I tend to like the movies that got 2 thumbs down or books that don't always make, well... anyone's list. So, I'll begin this with just a little more anticipation than some good conversation.

Care to join me?

the word game

Are you still unsure? How about this:



Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia."
Pope Benedict XVI



This is so unthinkable yet this is who Obama is. His words, not mine. This is sickening, repulsive, immoral. My stomach turns at the sheer thought.

America

Wow, Take a big breath and remember what the next 2 week are all about.

Words for today too

"The man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher;

neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body according to the sex

but in the perfection of conduct and virtues."

- Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies

Autumn Thoughts

"The gilding of the Indian summer mellowed the pastures far and wide. The russet woods stood ripe to be stripped, but were yet full of leaf. The purple of heath-bloom, faded but not withered, tinged the hills... Fieldhead gardens bore the seal of gentle decay; ... its time of flowers and even of fruit was over."-

Charlotte Brontë 1816-1854

-On community

"To be allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers,
and to share their joys and fears,
was a chance to exchange the Souther bitter wormwood
for a cup of mead with Beowulf
or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist."

~Maya Angelou.

You Go Girl

We sometimes forget that it wasn't that long ago in which we were found not worthy to vote, work or become educated. It was acceptable for husbands to discipline their wives for whatever they found worthy of discipline.

To all my girlfriends, Here is to the day when our voice is heard and respected. Here is to the days when the glass ceiling no longer exists nor the many inequalities, in which our society justifies, stand in the way of our dreams. This is for you!


Women's Equality Day, 2008
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

With vision and determination, American women have helped build our great Nation. On Women's Equality Day, we remember the dedication of women who overcame many obstacles in order to secure the right to vote.

The struggle for women's rights is a story of strong women willing to take the lead and pave the way toward equal voting rights for all American citizens. In 1848, a group of determined women came together in Seneca Falls, New York, to proclaim that "all men and women are created equal," and demand suffrage. On August 26, 1920, their voices were finally heard, and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote.

As we look back on the journey to women gaining suffrage, we remember the sacrifices of people like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. More than 160 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, we celebrate the spirit, leadership, and hard work of those pioneering women. We also recognize the women who continue in this tradition by acting as role models in their communities, helping raise the next generation of Americans, leading in their professions, and serving in the Armed Forces protecting our country. These women are continuing on the path set by those who came before them, so that all Americans can realize the great promise of our Nation.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 26, 2008, as Women's Equality Day. I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and observe this day with appropriate programs and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand thistwenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.

GEORGE W. BUSH
Women's Equality Day, 2008

Proclamation by the President of the United States

... "Today, every American shares in this legacy of liberty, and we are grateful for the courage, conviction, and sacrifice of all those who have helped preserve and uphold the principles of a free society. As we remember the enduring importance of the Constitution, we also recognize our responsibility as citizens to respect and defend the values of our founding and participate in the unfolding story of freedom. " ...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070822-5.html

On this day in 2007 the President proclamed Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week
I just want to say, Amen!

August

August

"August rushes by like desert rainfall,

A flood of frenzied upheaval,

Expected,

But still catching me unprepared.

Like a matchflame

Bursting on the scene,

Heat and haze of crimson sunsets.

Like a dream

Of moon and dark barely recalled,

A moment,

Shadows caught in a blink.

Like a quick kiss;

One wishes for more

But it suddenly turns to leave,

Dragging summer away."

by: Elizabeth Maua Taylor