If I were a billionaire…… If I were a billionaire, I would put solar panels on houses and buildings and over parking lots, all over the world. I’d plant trees and give trees away for others to plant. I’d fund ocean clean up initiatives, and habitat restoration. I’d offer scholarships to students in every community … Continue reading If I were a billionaire! →

I thought of you today! I think of you every day! I imagine us sharing the news, laughing, swapping gossip. Talking about the ordinary moments, how all the kids are doing. Talking about the enormous troubles in the world, comparing feelings. I think of you when I look at your children. So much like you … Continue reading I thought of you today! →

A lost ritual In the 1950s, when I was growing up, we didn’t have such a thing as a clothes dryer. Our washing machine was a wringer washer and our clothes were hung to dry on the clothesline in any weather except rain. Then we had a wooden clothes horse, and our items were carefully … Continue reading A lost ritual! →

Having lost my domain name of several decades and everything attached to it, I am starting over. Not happily! But nothing to be done about it.  I’ve just retired - well 2 years ago really but it hardly seems possible - after 21 years in politics, raising a family, travelling a bit, working hard every … Continue reading Ok, lets give this a go! →

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