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Category Archives: Blog
Bumble Bee (Bombus Impatiens)
I’m still in need of beauty to get me energized for the coming week. This is the bumble bee, Bombus Impatiens, loosely translated from Latin means, “impatient buzzing” or “buzzing impatiently.” Minnesota is home to 22 of the 49 bumble … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Climate Change, Nature
Tagged Bumble Bee, emotion, photography, pollinator
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I Need A Mind Douche
This week has been a freak show. It began with the latest COVID-19 figures, 180,000 fellow Americans dead and another 5,800,000 infected. If we lived in the 15th century, there would be men pulling carts up and down our streets, … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Being American, Blog, Citizenship, Coup d"etat, Democracy, Mental Health, Nature, Politics, United States
Tagged COIVD-19, Doublespeak, Dr. Caligari, Fascist, Trump
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I’m Doing What I Can
I am doing what I can. Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Democracy, Mental Health, Native American, Politics, United States
Tagged Humming Bird, motivation, Native American, perseverence, Persistance, Resistance, Responsibility, story
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Last Minute Appeal: Minnesota VOTE!!!
Today is Primary Election Day in Minnesota. Your vote counts. Use it. Today is the most important vote in your life. There may not be another free election after today. The President is doing his best to ensure there won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Citizenship, Coup d"etat, Democracy, Politics, United States, Vote
Tagged 2020, minnesota, Primary Election, Right to Vote, Vote, Voter Suppression
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Thank You John Lewis, R.I.P
Friday night, Congressional Representative John Lewis died of cancer. He was 80 years old. An icon of the Civil Rights Movement, he was a man of integrity. He was a man of courage, as he demonstrated many times through his … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Democracy, Ethics and Morality, Justice, Politics, United States
Tagged Bigotry, cancer, Civil Rights, Courage, Eulogy, Hero, John Lewis, Racism, Rest In Peace
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Freedom Is Not Free
Recently, we celebrated the 244th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the birth of the United States, our home. That evening, as it was growing dark, I reflected on past July 4th twilight. Those hushed moments of … Continue reading
Posted in Being American, Blog, Citizenship, COVID-19, Democracy, Ethics and Morality, Justice, Politics, Public Health, United States
Tagged CoVID-19, Democracy, Elite, Misinformation, Public Health, public space, Rebels, Republicans, Respect, Responsibility, Traitor, Trump
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