Amen Sister! 💙

I grew up in that era. Graduated in 67. I protested so many causes over those years. Women's rights, Vietnam, and in my neck of the woods, David Duke and civil rights. And now here we are doing it again.

Remember Helen Reddy’s song “I Am Woman”? I graduated high school in 1971; signed up for the Navy 1972 but couldn’t go active til 1973. That song has been my anthem for decades! Time to reactivate it, I think! “I am woman, hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore”

I graduated a couple of years before you. We were angry, we marched and protested for our rights. We will not watch our children and grandchildren drug screaming back into the 50s. Gen Z has the same fire we carry for equality. We will roar together.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue There was a time when women were to remain in the background and speak quietly among themselves when in mixed company. The year I graduated from high school (1972), Bella Abzug said “Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.” But how far have we really moved the needle? We’ve made great progress but “we ain’t done yet”! And I don’t know about the rest of you, but I choose to yell!

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Today is my 26th birthday🎂💜🇺🇸

Your energy is the voice of your soul…

Protect All Children, not just some. We come with True Unconditional Love. ⚪🟡🔴⚫ #Matriarch #LiberateTurtleIsland

Full disclosure, I thought I’d be in a much more celebratory mood tonight. But I’m not. I feel ashamed and disgusted. How can a person with four criminal indictments still be eligible to run for president? Why do so many support a lawless lifelong criminal? What happened to the America I wanted to proudly bequeath to my heirs and descendants?

BREAKING: Donald Trump unleashes a deranged Truth Social post in a desperate attempt to explain his multiplying indictments, saying that they "didn't come down from heaven" before offering a truly pathetic explanation. According to the disgraced ex-president, the real reason he's being indicted is because the "most corrupt President in the history of the United States, Crooked Joe Biden" sent the indictments because he wants to "Rig & Steal another Election." Of course, Joe Biden has never stolen an election. He won the 2020 election fairly and legitimately, as virtually every court has said. Furthermore, Joe Biden did not order the indictments. Unlike Trump, he respects the independent nature of the Justice Department and has not interfered in the investigations. Trump has been indicted because he broke the law. "They shouldn’t even be allowed to go forward," Trump said of the indictments, sounding very much like a man who has run out of ways to save himself. Unfortunately for Donald, the indictments will be going forward and soon we will have even more. He's going to be buried beneath so many charges that he'll never see the light of day again. Good riddance. Please retweet and ❤️ if you support the Trump indictments — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a “woke” new Twitter competitor that banned Trump for life and is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb

I miss The Wife always, but never so much as Sunday nights. Her love was my protection against the creeping dread of Sunday nights that so many of us suffer from, those Sunday night scaries. She'd make us dinner, then we'd watch Masterpiece Mystery and fall into each other's arms. Even when she was so ill, we were thatclose. The incomparable intimacy of lying in bed together, talking and holding hands in the dark cannot be over-stated. Nor over-appreciated. I shall miss that, and her love, always. 💔

"The elderly gentleman was seated in the booth directly across from my family as we ate dinner Saturday night at Eat'n Park in Belle Vernon. We really didn't see him come in. But we did notice when our server, Dylan, dropped to one knee to look him eye-to-eye as he got ready to take his order. The man apologized for not hearing too well. He had forgotten to put in his hearing aids. He talked about how he lost his hearing during his time in the war. He was 91 years old with many stories to tell. Dylan patiently listened giving him his full attention. Eventually the man apologized for talking so much. 'I'm alone now,' he said, 'and I don't often have someone to talk to.' Dylan smiled and said he enjoyed listening. He then helped him figure out what to order and left to take it to the kitchen. It was a touching sight. I wanted offer to pay for the man's dinner, but before I could flag down Dylan, a man seated at a nearby booth asked Dylan to bring him his check. 'Someone's already taken care of it,' Dylan smiled. I guess we weren't the only ones eavesdropping on the conversation. After the man received his food Dylan came back to say he was on a break. He asked if he could sit with the gentleman as he ate. As we left the restaurant the two of them were conversing and many people seated nearby were smiling. It was a touching sight. With all of the negative stories about our youth today this was a breath of fresh air. I wonder if I would have been as kind and attentive if I were the one working there. One thing's for sure, if you are ever at Eat'n Park in Belle Vernon, ask for Dylan. If he's your waiter you're certain to get great service." Credit: Lisa Meilander