July 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...
read moreJune 20, 2017 I cannot love this article enough. I started as an advocate with RESOLVE, but the Trump atrocity made me a full-on activist. This is ME. And this is so many cherished new friends. If I am now a cliche, I've never been so glad and proud to be one.“I tell...
read moreJune 18, 2017 Just Finished: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman This is a story about a grief-stricken, unapologetic curmudgeon and the community that embraces him anyway. Based on the runaway rave reviews it has received, I thought I’d like it more than I did—it...
read moreJune 7, 2017 I am not one to give any kind of credit to shit. Shit is shit. And the entire campaign, election, and everything since has been pure shit. But there is no denying that between RESOLVE and the RESISTANCE, I have more SHEros now than I've ever had in...
read moreJune 3, 2017 The beleaguered, battered, run-by-a-greedy-bastard, Miami Marlins somehow never give up on themselves, each other, or the game. Tonight, pitcher Edinson Volquez, who lost his father during the 2015 World Series, and his brother and a friend/KC Royals...
read moreJune 3, 2017 I love this sign, which I made for the Treasure Coast Truth March, and think is both meaningful and hilarious. So did most people who saw it, but I got some backlash too, that it was offensive, or that it was not a good and/or appropriate message to help...
read moreMay 31, 2017 I found this article about Rob Russo, Hillary Clinton's longtime aide in charge of her correspondence fascinating, and so, so lovely. Writing matters. ...
read moreMay 20, 2017 Dear Mr. Brian Mast, You have a misconception about what is happening in your district offices. I can only speak to the meetings in which I’ve been a participant (some as an IndivisibleMartin member, some not), but they are numerous, and on those...
read moreMay 19, 2017 Wow, what a difference a year makes. If you'd have told me last year I'd be in meetings at the Capitol all day to urge legislators to permanently extend IVF treatment for veterans (currently for two years), I would have believed you, bc I knew I wanted to...
read moreMay 17, 2017 So, DC's cool. My first law: Universal Beer! #RESOLVE #AdvocacyDay #lookmomiminthesenate!...
read moreMay 17, 2017 "Armed" and ready for my trip today to Washington, DC for RESOLVE Advocacy Day! Eek! #RESOLVE #TreasureCoastResolve #1in8 #InfertilitySucks...
read moreMay 16, 2017 Packing for my trip to RESOLVE Advocacy Day tomorrow...so many socks, so few days in DC! #RESOLVE #TreasureCoastResolve #1in8...
read moreMay 12, 2017 To say that Mother's Day is hard on women struggling to have a baby or who have lost a baby is a massive understatement. What many people don't know is that it's even hard in varying ways on those of us who now have children. Everyone deserves a happy...
read moreMay 9, 2017 Chapter 11: Investigate "The individual who investigates is also the citizen who builds. The leader who dislikes the investigators is a potential tyrant." #ComeyFiredByTrump...
read moreMay 9, 2017 Book : The Nasty Women Project This reading was nothing short of fabulous. I cried (a lot), I laughed (a lot), I was moved and inspired, as a writer, as a fertility warrior, as a fierce mama, as an activist, as a woman, as a human. Thank you, Susan Stutz...
read moreMay 7, 2017 EMMANUEL MACRON AND THE MODERN FAMILY WOW. Love this article on so many levels: Reproductive justice. All kinds of ways to make a family. Be Kind; Don't Be A Dick. To thyself be true... So envious France gets him, and we get...
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