Shit-colored glasses, Free Dictionary, Jane’s Dictionary Dark brown glasses, worn by people who are overly depressed and pessimistic about everything. We could say they see the world through shit-colored glasses instead of rose-colored glasses. Yesterday in my story, I jumped from wearing rose-colored glasses to reality glasses, at least in terms of the men in…
Through rose-colored glasses, Free Dictionary With an unduly cheerful, optimistic, or favorable view of things: see the world through rose-colored glasses. I wrote yesterday about being the one who always points out the problem. I was Linus onstage in the empty auditorium at the Charlie Brown Christmas school play crying out, Doesn’t anybody care? It is a…
The article, “Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: Family Roles” explains roles in a healthy family system. “Family roles are the recurrent patterns of behavior by which individuals fulfill family functions and needs (Epstein, N. B. Bishop, D., Ryan, C., Miller, & Keitner, G. (1993) Individual members of families occupy certain roles such as…
From Urban Dictionary, the definition of Loner: Someone who keeps to themselves, doesn’t like conflict, but could kick ass if needed. Someone that no one really knows except a rare few. Social when needed and usually very talkative. A person who’s been backstabbed way too many times. Staying away so no one will get mad…
mer·ry-go-round [ˈmerē ɡō ˌround] NOUN a revolving machine with model horses or other animals on which people ride for amusement. synonyms: carousel · roundabout · whirligig a large revolving device in a playground, for children to ride on. a continuous cycle of activities or events, especially when perceived as having no purpose or producing no…
Winter is creeping into Eastern Washington. The fall color peaked this past week and nighttime temps took an early plunge into the 20s! I stay warm and cozy but my RV is not as resilient as I am in the cold weather. Water pipes are vulnerable to freezing and possibly bursting. So far I have…
For over a month I have been slowly switching everything to Washington State – auto insurance, voter registration, health insurance, etc. Yesterday I finally had enough “proof of residency” documents to get my Washington driver’s license. Woo hoo. I think that makes me officially a resident, although I still need license plates for the fleet…
Fortunately, I was at a beautiful, Northern Idaho wooded retreat center for the weekend. I missed the final Kavanaugh vote, and, by the time I had cell service again, I no longer cared that he “won”. The sad truth is that we all lost in so many ways, thanks to our elected representatives and their…
So, the FBI “report” is in the hands of our Senate. I wish that this was still about simply nominating and confirming a Supreme Court Judge. What we have now is a symbolic decision that will either affirm the ability of white privilege to ramrod through a person who is not SCOTUS material or affirm…
I love a good national scandal. It is not that I enjoy watching supposedly mature people fighting in public. I do not love the divisions and bitterness that ensues. I lament the degradation of our society. However, I do love the vocabulary that spills forth. I always learn something new. Thanks to Manafort, Trump, and…