Category Archives: social contractEvery year I wrestle with Independence Day. I don’t know why I can’t just enjoy it … the sights, sounds, camaraderie, bon hommie, brownies and, of course, fireworks. No. I must wrestle with ideas. What is this day that we celebrate each year. Are we free? What does that mean? How does our freedom here [...]
It’s Women’s History Month here in the U.S. of A.
I wonder if there are any people of color who are equally irked by African-American History month? I mean, I understand the motivation behind having these once a year months to focus on here-to-for underserved populations in our midst. But …
But there is something about the [...]
The LightFamily’s favorite magazine is National Geographic. We all like it and read it/browse it for different reasons. LightBoy loves the articles about space and the ocean. LightGirl and LightHusband love the photography and the articles about far away places. Me, I love the articles about different cultures and people. So we all get something [...]
One of the things that both amazes me and frustrates me about life these days is plastic. And not just any plastic, but the hard plastic packaging that manufacturers use to protect their products; it’s commonly called clamshell packaging. It is so frustrating to get into that we now need a special instrument just to [...]
When LightHusband and I started dating and for the first part of our married life he was a drummer. He played the snare drum with the Third US Infantry Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps; the US Army’s Honor Guard for the President. About six months after our first date, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated for [...]
When I was in high school it was a huge big deal to gather friends and go to Burlington for the day. I lived in a tiny town in central Vermont. There were about 4 stores in the local larger town, so going to Burlington represented shopping, eating and metropolitan nirvana for us backwoods hayseeds. [...]
So, like many US-ians I’ve been following the market and the hoopla surrounding what is being called the financial crisis and bailout.
The President is calling for a lot of money to be earmarked to spend on companies which made risky bad financial decisions. Otherwise, so the thinking goes, our market will crash. Our credit will [...]
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