Thank you for your comment. I'm sorry, I cannot use the word 'good' in contemplating the horror that is occurring right now. I'm an old lady, but I feel I should be out there, in the streets. The death

She only published one book that is for sale on Amazon, although her work appeared in journals and she has won poetry prizes. Actually, I helped her to format that book for amazon: There Is a Special Place.

I want to write about the war, but can't get started. Just too upsetting. Besides all the other issues...the legality, for example. The way Trump and Hegseth talk about killing people. There is such a

You are really just one mistake or one misunderstanding away from everything you have worked for over the years to suddenly be gone Isn't that a waste?

I know nothing about oil supplies or oil prices. I know what I read in the papers. However, another blogger, azircon, who is a geologist and works in the oil and gas industry, writes that countries have

What an imaginative, fanciful image, @inessita. I love the idea and the execution. I am gifting you 2 HSBI tokens in appreciation of your charming art and your participation in the contest. Thank you!

I like the way the elf is petting the dog. Nice effect, @argeh. Thank you for participating in this round with your very original collage. I am gifting you 2 HSBI tokens in appreciation of your art and

I love Louisville :) Kind of wild how much death and destruction two old men clinging to power to stay out of prison can cause. I understand the old men. I don't understand the people who vote for them

An IV injection that should be introduced slowly was rushed; he passed out and passed on in the absence of standby oxygen Horrible. I remember the episode with your wife. You described how dangerous

I don't like conspiracy theories Problem with conspiracy theoriesw is that sometimes they are on the mark. How can we tell, though? We have to be skeptical, and yet sometimes there is truth. I guess we

He just turned 75, always walking or inventing things in his little workshop. He is very restless, Your father is younger than I am :) It's wonderful that he is restless. We don't want to be relegated

I am not going anywhere. I am happy here. Me too. The lower the price, the more active I become. I'm not a very social person, in the physical world. Socializing is not part of my skill set. But I am social

My dear friend, Marilyn Goldsmith, was a brilliant poet. She could write in any poetic form. I was always astonished by what she could do with words. She wrote once, about poets, in her poem, Sonnet for

Thank you very much, @anggreklestari and @curangel. It's always uplifting to see that @curangel has endorsed my post.

That is an amazing story about your father! Diligence, meticulous care--that's what it takes to fight off infection. I am so very happy your friend is a nurse with such skill. I am familiar with Staphylococcus

I think it's terrifying!!! I can imagine blood banks funded by the wealthy where young recipients are screened by age. I can see elderly wealthy siphoning blood from the needy. It's really distressing.

Doctors want their patients to heal. I don't doubt that. However, they treat many, and we are one. They get distracted, they get busy, they make generalizations, they make mistakes. We don't know much,

So you should put extra note 😄

I am not ashamed 🌟 When I was a child, I had an uncle who said he would never visit us again because he was embarrassed to come to my home. We lived in an attic and he had to use a side entrance, then

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