Separation of Church and State does not mean the separation of the moral/spiritual from the government. The Republicans are moving further and further from understanding and practicing the separation of church and state. Their interpretation of this very important principle has been to impose a very narrow, prejudicial system on an entire nation that was […]
Month: March 2017
Wonder Woman and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
These two women played a significant role in my young life. As I looked around me, almost all of the “important people” seemed to be men, almost all the “wisdom speakers” were men and all of the “leaders” were men. Thank goodness that my home did not mirror these ways of dealing with the world. […]
Ode to Eleanor Roosevelt – First Woman President of the USA
I was born during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidency. Indeed, I was well on my way to being a teenager without knowing any other President. I remember thinking when he died that I did not really know what it was like having anyone else as President. Eleanor was not in the spotlight much and she was […]
Let’s Read Books!
Nothing – absolutely nothing – will ever replace books. How precious it is to cuddle up with a book (they’re much more sensuous than a computer!). How lovely to turn down pages, mark passages and feel the weight of the book responding back to us as we glean wisdom from its pages. Books are silent […]