Month: May 2023

Dieting is So Hard

I like food, especially rich or sweet foods. Because of a botched surgery, I have limited mobility. I can walk, but not far enough to actually take a walk. I am on medication that causes weight gain. In fact, I have been on several meds that caused weight gain. Between these three things, dieting is … Continue reading Dieting is So Hard

The Problem With Raising Wages, and What it Says About Us As a Society

Saw something someone wrote about cashiers at a store being tracked by management to see how many people they ring up to determine how many hours they'll give to workers on the schedule. This person wrote that this is what happens when menial workers demand 15 dollars an hour. They price themselves out of the … Continue reading The Problem With Raising Wages, and What it Says About Us As a Society

What Do I Want When I Say I Want to Have It All?

What does "having it all" mean to you? Is it attainable? For me, having it all is having tons of one on one time with my daughter. Having it all is giving it all to a sweet, brilliant man who sharpens me as iron sharpens iron. It's having days of beauty, where poetry flows from … Continue reading What Do I Want When I Say I Want to Have It All?

Books, Studying, Panama

I have so many new books. I have one in depth book about the octopus. I have another with gorgeous up close photographs of plankton. Additionally, I have a book coming in the Victorian language of flowers. I would consider myself a Victorian housewife more than a 50s housewife, and I am always interested in … Continue reading Books, Studying, Panama

2 Acceptable Reasons For Divorce

The only two acceptable reasons. Infidelity and abuse are the only valid reasons to divorce. There is nothing else. Marriage is an important issue to me because I believe that marriage is the bedrock of the family, and the family is what keeps society together. I have been in a lot of mom groups in … Continue reading 2 Acceptable Reasons For Divorce

Bring Back Patriarchy

Despite what angry feminists will tell you, women in the West do not live in a patriarchal society. We should be. Women should not be drafted (something Congress recently considered) and so they should not have the right to vote. When you vote, you vote for or against wars. People who don't fight shouldn't get … Continue reading Bring Back Patriarchy