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My Husband Green Mountain Boy 02 Left Us One Year Ago Today
Today is the anniversary. One year ago today, a snowy Friday, Terun Sabre Weed aka GreenMountainBoy02 left us for the great beyond. I wasn't with him when he died--I arrived just minutes too late....
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Being Brothers and Sisters
What a horrible experience it was to have to talk to my Brother in Law earlier tonight: one of his sons lost their best friend, and one year ago yesterday we buried Terun, Tommy's twin brother and my...
View ArticleNow I've Done It: I am Running for President
I have always wanted to be the President of the United States. I won't win, but here's my platform:An FDR response to the Great Recession.Economic responsibility and a hike of the minimum wage.An end...
View ArticleBefore There Were Charter Schools, There Were Magnet Schools, and I Went to...
I've been following the battle over Charter Schools between Andrew Cuomo and Mayor DiBlasio in New York. MSNBC has had quite a bit of coverage tonight and it got me to thinking: What's the difference...
View ArticleMPBN Discusses Transgender Issues
Maine may be a large state geographically, but there's only about 1.5 million people here. Heck, Baxter State Park is about the size of Connecticut. However, there is one thing we do well: LGBT rights....
View ArticleWould You Take a Bullet For a Black Female Teen?
Let me introduce you to the man who did.In March 1965, Daniels answered the call of Dr. Martin Luther King, who asked that students and clergy come to Selma, Alabama, to take part in a march to the...
View ArticleHeavens To Betsy! It Is My Kosiversary!
Several years ago, six in fact, I joined up at Daily Kos.Now the funniest diary I ever wrote suggested that Santa Claus was a criminal, but later I proposed to my husband here on line. Sadly, he...
View ArticleDigging Steamers, And How To Make Them Tasty
I grew up summering on an island off the coast of Maine, and we liked to harvest our own seafood. Now, we weren't allowed to take lobsters--you need a license for that and it takes five years of...
View ArticleEaster Bunny Arrested in Pennsylvania as Witness and Accomplice in 2008 Santa...
Wooksburra, PA: John Thomas "Jack" Rabbit, aka "The Easter Bunny" was arrested on Friday in a sting operation in Pennsylvania while allegedly attempting to buy counterfeit Cadbury eggs from what he...
View ArticleA Challenge for the Daily Kos Atheist Community: Who Will Write a Diary...
Like clockwork, there are certain agents provocateurs among us who will write broad-brush mockings of Christians at Christian holidays. I'm used to it: heck, I've been here a while. I know the...
View ArticleThe Aristocrats
There's an old comedian's joke called "The Aristocrats". Filthy as you can make it, it was never told to audiences but rather around the proverbial water cooler amongst comedians. Even Jack Benny was...
View ArticleLanguage Ignorance in Maine
I just had a rather interesting experience while purchasing a package of cigarettes (no judgment, please) at the local convenience store.Three lines: one, with young Somali girls in Hijab, bying soft...
View ArticleFront Pagers Hate Religious People.
There are religious liberals. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one, The Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson is one, the Right Reverend Barbara Harris--the first woman Bishop in the entire Anglican Communion is...
View ArticleMy Good Friend Comes Out as a Bisexual Cross-Dresser on YouTube, With Video.
Meet my good friend. This took a lot of guts, and yes, I have his permission to post this here. In fact, he was hoping I would. Take a look, and I'll let this stand on its own.
View ArticleWhat Are Your Favorite Museums?
Today, eclectablog had a diary up about the temporary "saving" of the DIA (and long term issues: Do read the diary). In the comments, I said that the Detroit Institute of Arts is in my top five...
View ArticleNOM Fined over 50K, Will Have to Disclose Donor List
According to today's edition of the Porland Press Herald (article at link), the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices has decided to levy a $50,250 fine on the National...
View ArticleLGBT Pride 2014: First Things First--Coming Out
LGBT Pride month is upon us again, and each year I like to kick it off here with a diary about coming out. There's a first step in any process, and in the process of living your life as an open and...
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Drive-By Diary: I Loved Him So Much
I'm kind of persona non grata these days up here in Northern New England. I don't mind. I mean, if people are really your friends, they are really your friends.I'm not sure any of them were. Some of...
View ArticleMy Masonic Lodge Recognized My Husband's Death Tonight
My late husband, whom many of you might have encountered as he was a Kossack, was an identical twin. Tommy, my brother-in-law has a birthday coming up in a few days. Terun, my late husband, died before...
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