Coal Miners don't go to operas.
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Posted:Mar 28, 2017 5:53 am
Last Updated:Jan 11, 2018 9:35 pm 1036 Views
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 "White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney says Trump administration officials focused on areas of the budget where they felt they could not ask taxpayers to foot the bill, specifically citing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CP .
"When you start looking at the places that will reduce spending, one of the questions we asked was 'Can we really continue to ask a coal miner in West Virginia or a single mom in Detroit to pay for these programs?' And the answer was no,” Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said in a Thursday morning interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe"
I have never been a coal miner but I have certainly been a single working class mother. I always made it a point to expose my sons to concerts, art galleries and various cultural events. My goal was to expand their horizon which resulted in expanding their world. My older will go to operas while my younger prefers NASCAR.
The Greenbrier Valley Theatre is a cultural bargain in our West Virginia town. There are coal miners families who participate on stage, in the band and building sets. There is also an abundance of them in the audience.
Coal is an important part of West Virginia but it's not forever. The world is changing. We need to grow toward sustainable energy and utilizing natural resources. It's called expanding the horizon and moving outside the box.
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Spices, Kind Hearts, Alabama & Quaker Potlucks
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Posted:Mar 25, 2017 8:44 pm
Last Updated:May 13, 2024 10:59 pm 1215 Views
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Last November when it was suggested that a certain Spice Company be banned because of liberal standings, I knew exactly what to get my -in-law for X-mas. #45 won the election - the Women's March on Washington was organized and the Spice company offered Kind Heart Pins for all of the Marchers. I received a box of pins via UPS which I distributed to all the women on the Rally Bus.
Suddenly this company has gained a new customer - me. I have never been a domestic goddess but my cooking is so much better with the spices.
The Dali Lama advises to visit someplace that you have never been at least once a year. Philadelphia is still on my bucket list. I also have plans to tour Kentucky and visit all the 12 Step Meetings on the Bourbon Trail. I never expected to land in Birmingham Alabama for 2017. The Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association of the Religious Society of Friends - had their representatives meeting in Birmingham so I ended up in Birmingham.
It did not fit the stereotype of what I thought Birmingham would be. There is much more cultural diversity than I expected. I was expecting it to be like West Virginia which has limited diversity. What a historically significant place for the civil rights era. I would have loved to stayed longer and explore but I was off to Atlanta for the birth of my first grandchild.
We did go to an Epithopean Restaurant and it gave me an excellent ideal for our next Quaker Potluck. The Entire Pot luck will be placed on top of teff bread. Utensils optional. I will pick up the teff grain in Atlanta which has far more diversity than West Virginia. I will be able to experiment with all those marvelous spices that the conservatives told me not to buy. Life is good.
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Big Girl Panties and Medication - How's it working for you now Sister!
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Posted:Mar 25, 2017 10:49 am
Last Updated:May 13, 2024 10:59 pm 1179 Views
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My late ex-husband and I had a complicated relationship. We met, We cohabitated for four years. We were married for seven years. We parted and I came back when he was ill and needed someone to care for him. Our relationship was not defined by paperwork or the lack of paperwork. I took care of him in the home with Hospice - his eight came in from various parts of the country to say the final good bye.
So when he died, there was intense grief.
My sister has issues with me because of religious differences. She became a Southern Baptist and stayed that way. I explored many different paths and the one I am on currently works for me. I will never understand why she used religious difference to justify mean-spiritedness and cruelty.
Her suggestion was dealing with grief requires Big Girl Panties and Medication. I sent her a pair of crotch less panties. She was not amused. Her said that I was the family laughing stock. Laughing at some else's pains. Great Values.
So last year, her partner died of Cancer. My temptation was to declare, "Hey Sis, How are them big girl panties and medication working out for you. I opted to take the high road instead. I sent her flowers and a card.
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Adventures with Women's March in Washington DC
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Posted:Mar 24, 2017 11:54 am
Last Updated:May 13, 2024 10:59 pm 1172 Views
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I originally planned to take the train to Baltimore - stay in a Hostel - and take the train to the March in DC. I decided to the local Rally Bus instead thus networking with the local women. We boarded the bus at 3 am and we were advised to pair up with a buddy to keep each other out of trouble. My thought was, I don't need a buddy, I KNOW my way around DC. Nevertheless, a woman asked me about the Metro so we ended up buddying up. The line to the Metro was outrageous so I suggested we get a cab or a Uber and miraculously we hailed a cab.
My buddy revealed that her water bottles were filled with Caramel Flavored VODKA!!! She offered the cab driver some. Bad Plan!!! He declined. We were able to connect with the West Virginia women to start the March.
I had very good reasons to be at that March but standing in the middle of a Mosh Pit listening to Madonna's potty mouth wasn't one of them. We decided that enough was enough and tried to get out of the Mosh Pit. She finally told everyone that she was going to get sick and everyone moved out of our way.
We headed back and ended up at the William Penn House for hot drinks, bathrooms, and reprieve from the crowd. I suggested that we head to East Market and catch the Metro from there. East Market has an abundance of Ethnics Restaurants but she wanted a Hamburger and Fries. Union Station has a food court but the window of time didn't allow for that. We went to a Tai Restaurant instead. I am sure that Tai Food does not go well with Vodka especially for a West Virginia woman. If I drank the amount of Vodka that that woman did, I would not be standing. She handled it quite well. I am happy with my teetotaler status.
The woman had never even been on a Metro before. We had to cram into those trains like sardines but we made it back to the bus.
She asked if I was going to the April Fool's Protest. I don't think I want to be in the same vehicle with the driver drinking Vodka. She wants to drive this time. I will be going to the Earth Day Protest with my Quaker Friends instead.
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The Quest for Boiling the Perfect Egg!!!!!
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Posted:Jan 4, 2016 3:54 pm
Last Updated:Mar 25, 2017 10:08 am 4362 Views
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 I have a Barrister Friend who calls me whenever he experiences a "Break Up" crying "There are no good women in West Virginia." He explains to me that we can NEVER be a Match because I am too SoCal, New Age and not enough of a homemaker type to suit him.
Most of my life, I have been a "Production" Cook. I was a working mom and had to put together something fast. The Crockpot and Microwave were my best friends.
Nevertheless, I went to Texas in September to learn to build a Dome House. I learned to hang rebar. I learned to mix and spray concrete. Certainly, I can read a cook book and figure out how to boil the perfect egg. It took two try's but the second time around. Voila!!!!! Boiled Eggs and PERFECTION!!!!!
I became an "official" Quaker this year. It is true that the Quakers were the colonial day liberals. So were the Baptist. Neither well liked by the Puritans. The activism is what attracted me to the Quakers. Still, How New Age are the Quakers.
I may have been born in Los Angeles thus SoCal but I am still a good woman in West Virginia. That silly Barrister just doesn't recognize my value. Life on Life's Terms.
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Those Phony Balony Men who think we are STUPID!!!
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Posted:Dec 25, 2015 4:16 pm
Last Updated:Dec 28, 2015 6:12 pm 4401 Views
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 ]I am laughing. I get a message from a gentleman on the SFF site. He gives me a Florida number yet lists that he lives in Port Hueneme, California. I usually delete these messages but sometimes I think there is a chance that they might actually be real. I used to live in Ventura County, California so I know where Port Hueneme is located. I talk to the man who has an obvious foreign accent. I greet him with "Hello Port Hueneme man." His response, "I am not from Port Hueneme, I am from California. He asked if Port Hueneme was a State on the East Coast. ROFLMA-ZZZZZZ-OF!!!!! Another Phony Baloney Man (most likely from Nigeria) hits the dust!!!! I think I will try to boil the perfect egg tonight.
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O'Malley the Elf on the Shelf
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Posted:Dec 24, 2015 8:17 am
Last Updated:Apr 11, 2017 12:53 pm 4154 Views
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I was doing Genealogy Research for my stepson's Lineage. He is related to Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore. I discovered the Gibbons frequently intermarried with the O'Mally's.
Thus, O'Malley the Elf came into my household. My hubby Grumpy Gibbons had Irish Humor and it seems like O'Malley has brought the laughter back into this household of one.
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The Landlord's Battle with ADDICTS!!!!
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Posted:Dec 1, 2015 8:17 pm
Last Updated:Apr 11, 2017 12:20 pm 4473 Views
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I never thought I would get the third degree over the alcohol problem that struggled with 40 years ago.
I was looking for a place to rent until I can build my own tiny dome house. I answered an ad and mention that I worked at the local women's transitional house.
Are you an ADDICT!!! He demanded to know. Actually, I am an alcoholic but non practicing. Frequently but not always recovered addicts work at Transitional Houses. We agreed to an appointment.
The first thing he asked as I walked in the door, "Have you ever relapsed?" Absolutely, 38 years ago.
"Do You have a Criminal Record?" My 1982 Disturbing the Peace Conviction, I confessed.
That must have been a protest? No I was an exotic dancer. Oh That's Cool," he replies""
He advised me that he was a Prosecuting Attorney and he put Addicts in Jail. I told him that I get them out of jail and try to keep them out of jail
He said that he doesn't have trouble with any of the other apartment with drug and alcohol users except the one that I was looking to rent.
That will be the least of his problems with me as a tenant
Nevertheless I did have to Sage the place out to get rid of previous tenant cooties.
I hope he doesn't think the Sage is something illegal and freaks when he sees the dancing pole in my living room.
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Star's Adventures in Italy
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Posted:Nov 29, 2015 6:57 pm
Last Updated:Nov 30, 2015 6:28 pm 4184 Views
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Italy TEXAS that is!!! I sold the Albatross which is my old home with plans to eventually build a Simpler - Smaller - ABODE !!!!!
There was a Monolithic Dome House Building Workshop in ITALY, Texas. I learned to Spray Insulation and Cement. I learned to hang Rebar. Dealing with Building Codes is actually much more complicated than building the house itself. Life on Life's Terms.
After leaving Italy, I decided to go visit Dubya's Oval Office or at least a reasonable facsimile of Dubya's Oval Office.
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The People of Area 1499
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Posted:Nov 29, 2015 5:02 am
Last Updated:Apr 12, 2017 2:30 am 4381 Views
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]My former employer. The store was built on top of a catacomb of caves. Rumor is the caves were occupied by Aliens who would come out of the cave through a portal by Register Nine as the strangest looking humans.
The first week of the month the store was always invades by the Buttcrack Brigade. Obviously Government Sanctioned Aliens because they always had EBT Cards and seemed to be very fond of Junk Food.
Attention Area 1499 Associates!!!! The RUMOR IS............ Those Gift Cards converted to Name Tags actually have $$$$$$!!!!! The Area 1499 Dignitaries want to make sure that the Humble Associates have a REALLY Good Holiday. In fact, The RUMOR is that We are all going out to a Yule Time Brunch at the Greenbrier Resort!!!!
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