October 5, 2017 This is not a thank you to infertility, which as I’ve stated elsewhere, I will never thank for anything, nor am I comparing the 2016 election to the yearning for and/or losing a baby, because there simply is no comparison. Yet, I’ve noticed striking...
read moreSeptember 16, 2017 I could spend hours, days, weeks, writing what I think about Hillary Clinton and the vitriolic reaction to her new book, What Happened, and I haven’t even read it yet. (Awaiting my library copy this week.) But I don’t have that kind of time. Not...
read moreSeptember 15, 2017 Of all the letters I've written, I think I'm happiest about this one being published. I was sickened to my core by Congressman Brian Mast's statements (and antics) at his August town hall meeting regarding women's reproductive healthcare. FL...
read moreSeptember 6, 2017 Laurie Prim What Didn’t Kill Me Chapter 6: 11 Weeks, about the size of a lime Grief is not linear. I’m jagged. I finally make it to July, but based on my cycles, it turns out to be August before we can try to get pregnant again. I take a test and...
read moreSeptember 5, 2017 Finished Reading: Dark Money by Jane Mayer Dark, indeed. Dark, depressing, daunting, diabolical. This book is a tome of the big, ugly names behind the big, ugly money machine that over the past 40 years re-defined American politics, and in doing so...
read moreSeptember 1, 2017 I submitted this as an LTE, but I can't wait. This has been gnawing at me all week. He sickens me, and is doing his Master Trump and Tea Party proud. #RESIST #BigMASTake #MastIsPast2018 #NotMyCongressman #FuckYouYouFuckingFuck During Congressman...
read moreAugust 26, 2017 School Board’s silence on destructive school funding bill unconscionable Treasure CoastPublished 4:00 a.m. ET Aug. 25, 2017 Buy Photo (Photo: TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS) On July 18, I attended the monthly Martin County School Board meeting to raise my...
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read moreAugust 20, 2017 I’ve managed to avoid Mar-a-fucking-Lago for 9 months. Sure, the mere sickening thought of being that close to that POS’s “place” is reason enough, but my other reason is fear. MAL (perfect acronym) feels like a visible, symbolic place for some...
read moreAugust 15, 2017 People. Come on, let’s bring it in. For months, it's been, "We can't compare him to Hitler," and it's been true. It has not been right to compare him- Trump, obv- to essentially the most evil person to ever walk the earth, nor to compare our political...
read moreAugust 11, 2017 Proof that there is a God, and that She loves me. I am crying, and can't read any fine print. If there is any, please don't tell me. (Other than I know it has to be finalized by MLB. But fucking duh, who in MLB would vote against Jeter. Omg, I can't...
read moreAugust 11, 2017 Dear Donald, Your beyond-redemption base is 20% and there's another 10% of people just that fucking stupid and stubborn enough to still support you. I'll help you with the math, that leaves 70%. 70% of us who know that we are not getting into a nuclear...
read moreAugust 5, 2017 I love book marks, but I love books too, so I am a "monster." I fold, I mark, I spill coffee on them. I carry them around in my purse, and roll over on them in bed. I get them wet and get sand stuck between the pages. I brag about them and give them to...
read moreJuly 27, 2017 Dear Mr. Brian Mast, I noticed today that your last four FB posts are regarding the water, which we are rightfully concerned about in District 18. However, if you think one-issue water people are going to be fooled into voting for you again, you are...
read moreJuly 12, 2017 When you’re having a crappy day, and your 10-year-old son says, in front of your 5-year-old daughter, that, “you should like Arianna Grande, she’s like you-- a strong woman and stands up for herself and other people.” ...
read moreJuly 1, 2017 Finished: Don’t Think of an Elephant! By George Lakoff (Note: I read a 2004 edition; there is a 2014 edition.) The crux of this book (sort of a CliffsNotes version of Lakoff’s book Moral Politics) is the difference between how progressives and...
read moreJune 25, 2017 Finished: The Making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnston I am not going to spend a lot of time on this review; I spend too much time on Donald Trump as it is. I picked this book up primarily hoping to gain insight into his childhood and family of...
read moreJune 22, 2017 Dear Mr. Brian Mast: Thank you for your response regarding my “upcoming” trip to Washington, D.C., which was A MONTH AGO. Surely you remember. I had an appointment with you on May 17th, on behalf of RESOLVE, The National Infertility Association to...
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