Twitter is replete today with posts about #MilitarySpouseAppreciationDay. I didn’t know a thing about it. In a quick search, I found “A Proclamation on Military Spouse Appreciation Day, 2021,” from the White House. As an Army brat, I feel the same way about Military Spouse Appreciation Day as I do about Earth Day: every single … Continue reading Appreciating Military Spouses
I returned to my island home on Earth Day last week. Mind you, flying 12 hours, through three packed airports on two completely full planes was not the ideal, nor my preferred, way to celebrate Earth Day. I was double-masked for nearly 12 hours, even though I had tested negative before I began my journey. … Continue reading Every Day is Earth Day
I have never been a fan of Thanksgiving. I know, it’s heresy, right? So many reasons. As a Mayflower descendent, I grew troubled over the years with the fairy tale that we’ve told our children about Pilgrims breaking bread with the indigenous people who saved the colonists’ bacon their first harsh winter in what’s now … Continue reading Breaking bread in this broken year
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