North Carolina Voters: Support Teachers and Public Servants and Local Control and Fair Taxation and Married Women and Our Military Serving Abroad by Voting NO on ALL 3 Constitutional Amendments

In my life and in this blog, I try to be positive. I really do. But it’s hard when our government is doing things that we need to speak out against. I can understand and justifify it in my own mind, but I struggle to present the positive spin on things to others. However, North … More North Carolina Voters: Support Teachers and Public Servants and Local Control and Fair Taxation and Married Women and Our Military Serving Abroad by Voting NO on ALL 3 Constitutional Amendments

We Are Living “Wag the Dog”

Graphic by the 50501 Movement at https://substack.com/@50501/note/c-221078413 The State of the Union address was just on Tuesday night. President Trump stated that if Iran tried to again create new nuclear weapons after Operation Midnight Hammer destroyed the existing ones (supposedly) “Can’t let that happen.” But he didn’t say anything that made it sound like Iran … More We Are Living “Wag the Dog”

Motivational Music Monday: Bully Prevention/ICE Comes to Raleigh Edition

There are many days and weeks devoted to preventing bullying, and today is one of them. But it’s a very important issue, especially to children, so it’s appropriate to have multiple days focusing on eradicating this behavior. When I was thinking about an appropriate song to prevent bullying, I thought that the opposite of bullying … More Motivational Music Monday: Bully Prevention/ICE Comes to Raleigh Edition

OK, I’m Ready to Talk about the Election…Are You?

Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash If not, I get it. Come back later when you’re ready. I was one of the millions of Americans who were, let’s say, disappointed by our 2024 Presidential election results. I really loved and believed in both our first Democratic candidate and our second one, as well as the second one’s new … More OK, I’m Ready to Talk about the Election…Are You?