Dear President-Elect Obama ( Read more... )

Smithsonian Folkways recently released Nobel Voices for Disarmament: 1901-2001 (SFW47005), a stirring collection of new and archival spoken-word recordings by the most prominent advocates for peace during a century marred by war and bloodshed. With thirty-nine tracks organized into eight chapters, Nobel Voices offers testimonials from luminaries ( Read more... )

I seem to have muddled up my days somehow ( Read more... )

this is harder than it looks.

it would be so easy if there weren't so much i want to talk about, and if my brain would stay awake long enough to actually help me make coherent posts.

1) tammy212 has better posts than I about the Health and Human Services "conscience rule". Deadline for HHS to decide is 10 days away now; Planned Parenthood Petition is ( Read more... )

The story behind a Pulizter Prize-winning photograph

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The little AU: Summer Winds: Wisdom
slashfairyIt's one of the wonders of the modern world, how fast things change ( Read more... )

The little AU: Summer Winds: Change
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And these things, whose lives ( Read more... )

As a nurse, I'm firmly science-based. As a child of the 1950's, brought up on fairy-tales and science-fiction, poetry and reference books, geography and archeology, I'm equally at home in (or at least recognize some of the signposts and landmarks in) 'left-brained' and 'right-brained' experience. As a child of the 60's with my brief foray into ( Read more... )

The little AU: Rising Spring: Water
slashfairyThere will never be enough water ( Read more... )

it's all catching up with me- sinus headache since last night, kidneys clearly irritated by something, etc. etc. freakin' wear and tear, i tell ya ( Read more... )