Let me explain about martinis
Many years ago, when I was but a girl, I learned the word hummus. I learned this word from a fellow student at my college, a young Lebanese woman, in the early days of the Lebanese Civil War. (That’s...
View ArticleGiven a choice would you like to have lived in the past, live in the present,...
For some the idea of living in the past produces a sense of wonder… getting to see first-hand the advances made in society, perhaps meeting some great leader or person from the past...exploring life as...
View ArticleDkos Community Weekly Sangha Thread
Good morning! Welcome to the Dkos Sangha weekly open thread.This is an open thread for members of the Dkos Sangha and interested visitors who happen by. Each of us has our own path; we come here by...
View ArticleThe Question of Reparations
I hesitate to bring up this topic. Not because I am afraid what the response may be, though that is a concern, but rather because I have a feeling people will willingly misconstrue what I am going to...
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A Day on the Tennis Court That Will Live in Infamy
What a chode! President Trump is having trouble in Michigan. He’s the ‘Al Bundy’ (Ed O’Neill’s role on ‘Married With Children) of politics, in the sense that he insults people and is oblivious as to...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 9/11 Edition: Back to the Future!
“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”That quote, or something like it has been attributed to the writer George Santayana, and while it remains true as a general principle, it...
View ArticleWhat was known, and what we've learned
What We KnewI was born in 1964. I am not old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis or the JFK or RFK assassinations. When I came to awareness of such things the largest nuclear weapon that...
View Article4th of July in the movies
I got to thinking about how we tell the story of the U.S. as seen in movies (fiction, not documentaries). For instance, about the founding there’s this from 1776:xxYouTube VideoAnd The Schuyler...
View ArticleDo you believe in karma? If so 2 questions.
Sorry for the shortness of the diary as I am witing this from my phone in the hospital. Also I admit .y ignorance on the topic and that's why I am writing this...to gain knowledgeIt hit me the other...
View ArticleThe last time you did something do you recall what that something was &...
Thanks to a discussion in an earlier diary tonight Mercy Omont suggested a great question for me to ask. Please check out the whole diary here,by mcGovern78We all have engaged in behaviors in the past...
View ArticleThanksgiving thoughts ..
When one gets older and I don’t mean 35, I mean 74 or 75, reminiscing seems like it happens more and more.We need at least one day out of the year not to let Trump and the boot licking republicans live...
View ArticleVintage Photos for fun and enjoyment
Something to enjoy from the past. Just enjoy no reason to not too.xYouTube Video
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