“If You’re Going to be a Weed, at Least be a Decorative One.”
Month: October 2016
The Harry Potter Connection
Saw this on Facebook. You can thank me later.
Hymns and Hell
Sweet hymn fills my soul
clear voices lifted in praise
on this rock I stand.
Heed the song’s message
Jesus loves all the children
not just those like us.
And on Judgement Day
when the trumpets sound their call
He will know your truth.
I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking lately about faith, religion, and politics. You see, one day this week a “Christian” woman informed me in a tone seething with hatred that I was bound for hell if I voted for Hillary. I smiled and promised that I’d be sure to save her a seat.
Christians come in basically two types of wrappings: those who are of the hellfire and damnation persuasion and those who follow Christ’s teachings. I’m pretty happy being in the second camp.
I have many non-Christian friends, among them Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, agnostics, and atheists, and I learned a long time ago that goodness and decency aren’t the sole property of Christians. And those same virtues are sorely lacking in some who claim Christianity as their religion.
Heaven and Hell? Well, they might exist, but I know that how I treat others in this life is more important than any promise or threat of an afterlife. One other thing I know is that my teacher, Jesus, wouldn’t turn His back on refugees.
Peace, people
The Scary Truth
Snapshot #42.5
The photo is just so-so, since the paper was behind a plastic screen, but I couldn’t help but wonder if this story heralds the beginning of the end to the Trump campaign or if it means he’s pulling money from Florida advertising to be used in another manner. At any rate I’m calling this one, “Don’t Let the Door Hit You on Your Way Out.”
Debate 2 – Or the Cubs?
This is really good. Read more at alotfromlydia.wordpress.com
Perfume
Crisp as lemongrass,
fresh as the scent of mown hay;
nature’s own Chanel.
Ozone scented sky
charged by electricity
and airborne spirits.
Earthy loam and soil,
the tangs of birth, life, and death,
ashes to ashes.
Let’s Try This Again
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Good reminder and advice! Read more at sanselife.wordpress.com.
Tumors can be too small to be felt or in a place where they can’t be felt during a physical or self exam.
Mammograms are not fun but can locate these tumors early.
My extremely small tumor could not be felt but had already moved to a lymph node when it was discovered. I would be in a very bad place if it weren’t for a mammogram.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so spread the news on the importance of mammograms!
If your mammogram is suspicious remember that:
Enlist family and friends for support!
Deplorable
I reblogged a post yesterday called “News Flash for Mr. Trump.” In the post, author Jan Wilberg of redswrap.com, contends that we shouldn’t be surprised by the recording of Donald Trump bragging about having committed sexual assault. Jan is absolutely right. The man has shown us who he is time and again and his misogyny should by now be an ugly given.
That post on my blog was viewed by far more people than anything I’d written that day. Overwhelmingly the comments were in agreement with Ms. Wilberg. Except for this one:
I’d ask you to read that last sentence until it sinks in. This man totally embodies what Hillary Clinton meant when she called half of Trump’s supporters “deplorable.”
Now I didn’t approve his comment, and perhaps I’m giving him way too much attention by sharing his comment here, but I think it’s important that we acknowledge the sheer hatefulness and evil that is out there. And guess what? It’s all in the Trump camp.
A vote for a third party candidate is a vote for Trump. Get out there and vote blue. Don’t let the deplorables win.
Peace, people.
Praying for Eyebrowz 