Does America love guns more than it loves its children?

November 6, 2025
love-guns-more
Does America love guns more than it loves its children? It sure appears so. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. America’s obsession with guns isn’t just embarrassing—it’s deadly. And the bodies piling up aren’t just adults in crime-ridden neighborhoods or people in the “wrong...
Read The Post
2 Comments · Opinion

The Art of Compromise

April 29, 2009
I was recently talking with a friend who's been lucky enough to be married to his high school sweetheart for nearly 40 years. In my circle, this is practically unheard...
Read The Post
3 Comments · Blog

I love Dita

April 28, 2009
I saw her in a documentary and she's very articulate and bright. I try not to hold her marriage to Marilyn Manson against her. I also try not to hold it against her...
Read The Post
2 Comments · Blog

What I tell my trainer

April 27, 2009
...
Read The Post
Leave a Comment · Blog

Strange bedfellows

April 27, 2009
This is, in fact, what it looks like. A giant Ebay slot machine. And it sits on a wall at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa.I found it, and I found it astonishing....
Read The Post
Leave a Comment · Blog, Travel

"going through the (e)motions"

April 26, 2009
My friend Diana, who runs Baur B&B in northern Italy, has a beautiful post on her blog. Her entire blog is a slice of life we Americans can only imagine, and...
Read The Post
Leave a Comment · Blog

There’s no recession in Margaritaville

April 26, 2009
A packed crowd at the Ford Amphitheatre, probably 25,000+ strong, dressed in a variety of parrot shirts, grass skirts, fish shirts, parrot hats, beaks and other forms of...
Read The Post
Leave a Comment · Blog

Hot time, summer in the city

April 25, 2009
There's no escaping it. The heat is hotter, the humidity wetter, and summer is nearly here in west-central Florida. I'm not sure where spring went. Or winter. Or fall....
Read The Post
Leave a Comment · Blog

24 hours

April 24, 2009
...
Read The Post
3 Comments · Blog

Testing

April 24, 2009
Auto delivery of posts if you've signed up for it, is being rejected by some email systems. Including my own at aol. You may find posts in Spam or...
Read The Post
Leave a Comment · Blog

Kindness

April 24, 2009
...
Read The Post
1 Comments · Blog

Follow Carol

Welcome!

Here you’ll find my blog, some of my essays, published writing, and my solo performances. There’s also a link to my Etsy shop for healing and grief tools offered through A Healing Spirit.

 

I love comments, so if something resonates with you in any way, don’t hesitate to leave a comment on my blog. Thank you for stopping by–oh, and why not subscribe so you don’t miss a single post?

Explore

Archives

Subscribe to my Blog

Receive notifications of my new blog posts directly to your email.