The world is on fire and I’ve largely missed it. Is there a greater mark of white privilege? I am not ok for reasons that are personal and not even a drop in the ocean that is the grief and rage of systemic hate and oppression. “I’m not racist!” We who are complicit in upholding […]
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Damned Silence
For all I try to express my opinions honestly and openly here, without filters, I still stick to “safe” topics. Even on my personal Facebook page or Twitter, I don’t do a lot of Sharing or reTweeting, even of the usual memes. A lot of it reminds me of the old chain letters/emails: “Send this […]
Happy Turkey Day!
So it’s Thanksgiving here in the US. Quite appropriately, we have had a giant flock of wild turkeys parading between our house and the in-laws’. No sign of the gorgeous fox we saw the other day, though. Jumping on this holiday’s bandwagon, I have quite a lot to be thankful for right now. Friends and […]
Melissa Burkart 