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Can we talk?

My blog. I'm opionated and I just want to sound off.

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It's a collection of editorials or even mini-sermons. I know it's wrong to give unwanted advice if you want to have a few friends. But I can't fight the urge that I know better than they what they should or shouldn't do. I have all this wisdom and experience and it's such a shame not to share it!
Our culture needs some sound advice and I'm just the one to give it.

Show most recent blog comments.

10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

47 Days 22 Minutes ago, in response to "Eating for St Patrick's "

Mia - on a summer schedule

said:

A quick browse through your blog shows you've got many and varied interests from reading to music to an exploration of tradition.

I could best relate to the food part and thought I'd stop here a moment. It's always fascinating to look at traditions and where they come from and how they change when they are taken from the place they are rooted. Funny thing, I've never associated Ireland with sea food - but of course. Knowing I can eat from the sea, I need to add it to places I'd like to visit.

As yet, I haven't made it to the islands.

122 Days 23 Hours ago, in response to "Sifting Through Remains"

Mia - on a summer schedule

said:

"Will it help us go on without him?" That's a question time will answer for you.

If nothing else, for now it remains a connection, and as you've mentioned, learning things about him he didn't speak of.

It's interesting to imagine what our dwelling places tell others about us. (I'm looking at all the stuff cluttering my desk - all related to interests and people who mean a lot in my life.)

May you find peace in beautiful remembrances of "Mr. Christmas".

122 Days 23 Hours ago, in response to "My Brother"

Mia - on a summer schedule

said:

"Mr. Christmas."

What a beautiful description. With that name, I can almost picture him.

The wake speaks of a life worth celebrating. Hang on to those beautiful memories.

Mia

122 Days 23 Hours ago, in response to "A Brother's Passing"

Mia - on a summer schedule

said:

"The bottom line is we've lost someone special and none of our lives will be the same. That we share."

Yes, that's the truth you hold on to as you each walk your own path of grief.

My condolences on your loss.

Mia

122 Days 23 Hours ago, in response to "New Year's Day"

Mia - on a summer schedule

said:

A fabulous sentiment to open the New Year with.

Mia

123 Days 34 Minutes ago, in response to "Sifting Through Remains"

Aray Pay!

said:

Amazing! Great Work!! Are you working on any romance novels? Some of my friends are and they are turning out well. :) Good Luck!

124 Days 3 Hours ago, in response to "Sifting Through Remains"

Elinya

said:

Loss is unique to every one of us, even though all of us must go through it at some time. Your brother was dear to you, and it takes a lot of time to heal and reconcile to his absence. Writing your feelings is one of the most comforting ways to do that. Hope you and your elderly father find peace in your brother's memory.

218 Days 14 Hours ago, in response to "Flu Shots"

Mia - on a summer schedule

said:

You like to give advice. So tell me, do you work in the health field? Sounds like you know what there is to know about flu shots.

You are an advocate for them. I'm not. I'm also not in either of those critical brackets.

I'm more of an advocate for taking responsibility for day to day health, watching what we eat, taking vitamins, drinking lots of fluid, getting a proper night's sleep, booking off work when a potential flu bugs brewing and staying away until its well taken care of.
Different perspectives. But we've got to do what we believe in.

Get your flu shot. I'm heading to the kitchen to brew up some detox tea.

Should you care to stop by my blog it's "A Microcosm of the Macrocosm"

I'm more into food than giving advice.

Mia

361 Days 50 Minutes ago, in response to "Arnold's Bad Behavior and the Press"

Steve Ellen

said:

Yes, that's true, just another celebrity couple.

I think in the boy's case it will depend on whether he has known all along that Arnold was his father, because then he has already been prepared for the day it became public knowledge.

361 Days 1 Hour ago, in response to "Arnold's Bad Behavior and the Press"

pumpkin

said:

Thank you for reading.

I'm sticking by my main point, that the media overstepped. Some things we just don't need to know.

You bring up some interesting points that I didn't address. I really don't care what happens to Arnold. I've never been a fan. He seems to be the usual narcissitc celebrity. I agree with you that Arnold and Maria can deal with the press without harm; I never questioned their personal experience with the press.

I also believe forgiveness is better than punishment, especially for a penitent person. But it's not our place to forgive or dondemn. Keeping the media in line actually protects people involved, avoiding "punishment". They have to live with the consequences of their actions without the judgment of everyone who reads, watches TV, or listens to the radio.

Unfortunately, stories don't die like we might wish. The stigma remains. And what we often think doesn't bother children actually haunts them all their lives. We adults never know until the child grows up and tells us.

When Maria married Arnold, I did think maybe there was more to him than what met the eye. Maybe he was a person of substance. I never followed the gory details of their lives, and am really sorry I've heard so much about them of late. They're just another celebrity couple, and nothing very special after all.

#258. America the Beautiful
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#257. Response to "In Flanders Field"
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#256. Memorial Day Parade
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#255. Memorial Day Again
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#254. Remembering the Fallen
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#253. Still Grieving
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#252. Washing In Cold Water
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#251. Colleen McCullough
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#250. Pre St Paddy's
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#249. Eating for St Patrick's
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#248. Selling collectibles
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#247. Grieving
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#246. Super Bowl Sunday
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#245. Sifting Through Remains
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#244. 8 Hard Days
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#243. My Brother
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#242. A Brother's Passing
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#241. New Year's Day
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#240. Happy New Year
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#239. What were you doing 20 years ago?
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#238. Again
---->> ID #742435 entered on 12-23-11 @ 1:21 pm EST

#237. Gifts
---->> ID #741080 entered on 12-04-11 @ 9:03 pm EST

#236. YouTube
---->> ID #738905 entered on 11-07-11 @ 8:28 pm EST

#235. Two and a Half Men
---->> ID #737369 entered on 10-19-11 @ 9:11 am EDT

#234. Flu Shots
---->> ID #737141 entered on 10-17-11 @ 11:59 am EDT

#233. Tenth Anniversary of 9-11
---->> ID #733862 entered on 09-11-11 @ 5:19 pm EDT

#232. Dust magnets
---->> ID #733327 entered on 09-05-11 @ 1:42 pm EDT

#231. YouTube Comments
---->> ID #732668 entered on 08-28-11 @ 5:16 pm EDT

#230. Bad manners
---->> ID #732059 entered on 08-20-11 @ 1:20 pm EDT

#229. Kids in Stores
---->> ID #731974 entered on 08-19-11 @ 4:38 pm EDT

#228. Bottled Water
---->> ID #728354 entered on 07-10-11 @ 4:25 pm EDT

#227. Memorial Day
---->> ID #725055 entered on 05-29-11 @ 9:11 pm EDT

#226. Potting Plants
---->> ID #724502 entered on 05-22-11 @ 9:39 pm EDT

#225. Mushrooms
---->> ID #724410 entered on 05-21-11 @ 1:07 pm EDT

#224. Arnold's Bad Behavior and the Press
---->> ID #724324 entered on 05-19-11 @ 11:47 pm EDT

#223. Time to Write
---->> ID #723864 entered on 05-12-11 @ 1:57 pm EDT

#222. My Dad and Food
---->> ID #722490 entered on 04-17-11 @ 2:02 pm EDT

#221. Herman Cain
---->> ID #721883 entered on 04-09-11 @ 12:09 pm EDT

#220. Cell phone ettiquette
---->> ID #720697 entered on 03-27-11 @ 4:02 pm EDT

#219. Miscellaneous
---->> ID #716254 entered on 01-23-11 @ 8:11 pm EST

#218. It's Christmas Evening
---->> ID #714090 entered on 12-25-10 @ 7:55 pm EST

#217. Working at Christmas
---->> ID #714040 entered on 12-24-10 @ 10:50 am EST

#216. Christmas Is Happening
---->> ID #713742 entered on 12-17-10 @ 12:09 am EST

#215. Merry Christmas
---->> ID #713492 entered on 12-13-10 @ 12:51 am EST

#214. Honesty
---->> ID #713410 entered on 12-11-10 @ 2:45 pm EST

#213. Rudolf
---->> ID #713224 entered on 12-09-10 @ 4:06 pm EST

#212. Save, Save, Save
---->> ID #713071 entered on 12-05-10 @ 6:08 pm EST

#211. Christmas
---->> ID #712469 entered on 11-27-10 @ 2:29 pm EST

#210. Gratitude
---->> ID #712159 entered on 11-24-10 @ 1:07 am EST

#209. Peace on earth, good will . . .
---->> ID #711827 entered on 11-20-10 @ 1:38 am EST

#208. Absence
---->> ID #711195 entered on 11-12-10 @ 3:07 pm EST

#207. Juan Williams
---->> ID #708997 entered on 10-21-10 @ 3:54 pm EDT

#206. Column for advent
---->> ID #708697 entered on 10-17-10 @ 11:40 pm EDT

#205. The View and Bill O'Reilly
---->> ID #708549 entered on 10-15-10 @ 10:38 pm EDT

#204. :Law abiding illegal aliens"
---->> ID #707446 entered on 10-02-10 @ 2:25 am EDT

#203. Gutless
---->> ID #707403 entered on 10-01-10 @ 12:07 pm EDT

#202. There's Your Sign
---->> ID #706972 entered on 09-25-10 @ 2:01 pm EDT

#201. Public Manners
---->> ID #706935 entered on 09-25-10 @ 1:24 pm EDT

#200. A Little Wordsworth
---->> ID #706723 entered on 09-22-10 @ 11:01 am EDT

#199. Handcrafts
---->> ID #706492 entered on 09-19-10 @ 4:47 pm EDT

#198. Cell Phones Need to be Turned Off
---->> ID #705621 entered on 09-08-10 @ 2:46 pm EDT

#197. Realistic (but fictional) ads
---->> ID #705379 entered on 09-05-10 @ 6:22 pm EDT

#196. America's Got Talent 2010
---->> ID #705056 entered on 09-01-10 @ 12:10 am EDT

#195. Remembrances
---->> ID #704914 entered on 08-30-10 @ 11:25 am EDT

#194. Mosque
---->> ID #703856 entered on 08-13-10 @ 11:26 pm EDT

#193. Pet Peeves
---->> ID #702821 entered on 08-01-10 @ 1:42 am EDT

#192. Lindsay Lohan Again
---->> ID #702414 entered on 07-27-10 @ 1:51 am EDT

#191. Childish Sense of Humor
---->> ID #702174 entered on 07-23-10 @ 2:34 pm EDT

#190. Today
---->> ID #702128 entered on 07-23-10 @ 2:01 am EDT

#189. Cereal Boxes
---->> ID #701809 entered on 07-18-10 @ 12:07 pm EDT

#188. Green Lantern
---->> ID #701729 entered on 10-01-10 @ 11:50 am EDT

#187. Working during primetime TV
---->> ID #701417 entered on 07-13-10 @ 1:43 pm EDT

#186. Reconnections
---->> ID #701264 entered on 07-10-10 @ 11:20 pm EDT

#185. Baking Soda
---->> ID #701108 entered on 10-01-10 @ 11:47 am EDT

#184. College Students
---->> ID #700915 entered on 07-06-10 @ 1:51 am EDT

#183. Is Freedom Free
---->> ID #700855 entered on 07-05-10 @ 3:08 am EDT

#182. Freedom of Speech
---->> ID #700569 entered on 07-01-10 @ 2:56 am EDT

#181. Grieving
---->> ID #699949 entered on 06-23-10 @ 4:56 pm EDT

#180. Honoring Our Parents
---->> ID #699795 entered on 06-21-10 @ 6:47 pm EDT

#179. Father's Day
---->> ID #699641 entered on 06-19-10 @ 2:44 pm EDT

#178. Leaving something behind
---->> ID #699372 entered on 06-16-10 @ 3:06 am EDT

#177. Remembrance
---->> ID #698764 entered on 06-10-10 @ 2:47 am EDT

#176. Sir Paul
---->> ID #698237 entered on 06-05-10 @ 2:45 pm EDT

#175. In Memoriam
---->> ID #697497 entered on 05-27-10 @ 8:34 pm EDT

#174. In Memoriam
---->> ID #697496 entered on 05-27-10 @ 8:28 pm EDT

#173. Memorial Day Approaches
---->> ID #697355 entered on 05-26-10 @ 2:05 am EDT

#172. Arizona
---->> ID #696849 entered on 05-20-10 @ 10:50 pm EDT

#171. Who's Who?
---->> ID #696692 entered on 05-19-10 @ 12:06 pm EDT

#170. One Liners From TV
---->> ID #696245 entered on 05-15-10 @ 12:14 pm EDT

#169. Lacrosse Players
---->> ID #695518 entered on 05-07-10 @ 10:03 pm EDT

#168. I'm not the only one.
---->> ID #695035 entered on 05-02-10 @ 11:04 pm EDT

#167. Beware "Good for you" products
---->> ID #694877 entered on 05-01-10 @ 2:04 pm EDT

#166. Tunisia
---->> ID #694481 entered on 04-27-10 @ 9:23 pm EDT

#165. Junior High School Years
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#164. Job hunting is hard work
---->> ID #694077 entered on 04-23-10 @ 11:06 pm EDT

#163. The Holocaust and Muslims
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#162. Medical Insurance
---->> ID #693807 entered on 04-21-10 @ 1:27 am EDT

#161. Saving Your Family Photos
---->> ID #693121 entered on 04-13-10 @ 11:32 pm EDT

#160. And the rest
---->> ID #692694 entered on 04-09-10 @ 12:21 am EDT

#159. More of my high school saga
---->> ID #692451 entered on 04-08-10 @ 11:37 pm EDT

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