Not everyone in Maryland was so lucky, but for our household, hurricane Sandy was... A time to catch up on sleep... ...to play in the "fort" Tia Laura made... ...or to write messages on the steamed up windows. Don't get me wrong, we treated the event seriously, prepared for it, and knew its potential for harm. We just were so blessed to not have any trees knocked over, not experience flooding, nor did we lose power. One glitch was Miranda was ... Read More

Hope and Change is really Contempt and Narcissism. What more in the negative can I say about this president? PLENTY. Today I have a new list. First let's look at Hurricane Isaac under Obama's Watch: Obama fails to provide aid to victims of Hurricane Isaac, despite 2007 anti-Bush rhetoric on Katrina relief President Barack Obama has refused to extend to victims of Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana the same relief he criticized former President George W. Bush for withholding from New Orleans residents ... Read More

Actress Ellen Barkin cheers on Tropical Storm Issac.   Where does hate come from or wishing someone ill? I know the origin of course, but what I don't understand is how the rest of the public can support the haters with movie and concert tickets. Whether you agree with their politics or not, how can you support the venom??? On Sunday, Ellen Barkin expressed her hope that Tropical Storm Isaac would smash up the Republican National Convention in Tampa and drown all ... Read More

We came through Hurricane Irene ok. The yard is a mess and so is the pool, but we are just a little tired from being watchful and perhaps a little stressed after a week and a half of weird happenings around here. Perhaps some rest today and clean-up if the rain stops. We weren't without some incidents, but most of Maryland is spared. I did hear that 200 roads were closed, many trees were down, and 500,000 were without electricity. Ocean ... Read More

In spite of the storms that have hit Maryland and a hurricane off the coast, we have had great weather so far. Today it became obvious that the two fronts, the storms and the hurricane, are soon to descend on us. The sky looking to the east. Storm clouds to the west. The sea was a fury and most stood along the beach watching. Others played around with the new formations that the waves were making in the beach. Around us we were unsure about ... Read More

News is not just facts and news any more. These days it just seems to be a constant tangled web of details and counter details, getting to the truth of anything is very difficult. Add to it a news media that just seems to want to bring our country down. How much worse is it outside our own borders??? The French publication Le Monde: "At this moment, America discovers or rediscovers that she shelters the Third World in herself." Philip Stephens, writing ... Read More

My comcast internet connection has trouble keeping me connected even in GOOD conditions! Imagine my indignation when reading this blog of a person with 4 others, high up in a building in New Orleans, blogging their situation in the thick of it, AND positively CONNECTED! Ok, so maybe I am a little warped seeing what they are doing from a perspective of them being connected and me here dry and barely a breeze let alone a hurricane, and lucky to be connected ... Read More