While I never actually got banned, I got some things taken down and some warnings, as well as some passionately angry people telling me I was spreading misinformation, so in terms of FB & those places

Starting at the end I had to say- every person your age who can think critically and is not following the crowd that I've spoken to has the same taste in music :) When my daughter met her boyfriend, one

Undoubtedly. But unfortunately I know so many people who have thrown away years of friendship because they couldn't see past a difference of political opinion. For example, my aunt's closest friend of

Love the poems, so raw and real. I'm sorry to hear that you're in a bad place, life can be a real f$&ker sometimes. For me writing is cathartic, but not necessarily blogging or being public with it,

I really love your mind, probably because we come to very similar conclusions about things. I agree with all of that and would add the same thing goes for addiction. This idea that once an addict, always

I think a good majority of people can see how messed up it has gotten- at least talking to people face to face tells me this- but so many are afraid of being shouted down by zealots they've decided to

Howie is always saying this, there are no freaking so called blue collar professionals anymore. He Always ends up redoing their work, he said they should all be named G'nuff construction, at least you'd

I faded from the platform right around the beginning of the pandemic until the fall of 2021, so I wasn't here when it got heated. But I've heard from friends that there was definitely some extremism on

Logic is in short supply these days across a variety of issues. I feel like I've spent the last two years with a perpetually astonished and slightly confused expression, just from people's inability to

He does :) He has also inspired a couple of his close buddies to try it out and apparently they in turn inspired a couple more, I can't help but brag him about him sometimes haha! I LOVE that idea!! I

What a wonderful comment! Ever since I wrote this I've been doing far more self examination. Looking for the biases I may be holding onto in terms of this issue, wanting to understand people who have dysphoria

Wow!! Bravo! That's the level of comfort discussing these topics I now aspire to. News flash: the only thing that makes you a racist, sexist homophobe is being one. Damn straight! It's so ridiculous how

I'll check it out :)

Hahaha!! I relate to every single word of that! And I would have to say Yes to the question of whether it's our responsibility to try and educate our friends, if that label is true and not just a nicer

I appreciate this comment so very much right now. Even though my gut told me that it was time, and that I truly care about people so that should shine through, there's still a feeling of "Should I?"

Gotta love Larken and his awesome wife :)

So incredibly true, my 19 year old son abstained from the digital world entirely for thirty days last year, and he was astounded by the increase of his attention span by the end of it. So much so, that

It is beautiful, something I no longer take for granted. There's magic between these lakes :) Niagara Falls is only two hours from me, and this whole area is overflowing with waterfalls and gorges. I took

It really is bizarre. My dad was a nurse administrator, had a great state retirement package and all these dreams of traveling the country with mom after he retired..a few months beforehand his body fell

How did I miss this one? Haha, yup, definitely a couple days of celebrating her :)