Category Archives: The Not-So-Trivial

(Wo)Man in the Mirror

Jan. 27, 2012
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For the past three years, in one way or another, my life has been chronicled here for all to see.  Sometimes it’s been a raw candid.  Other times, a polished portrait only showing what I think is okay to put … Continue reading →

Turn, Turn, Turn

Dec. 26, 2011
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Every year, I say it and I hear it: I can’t believe Christmas has come and gone already. But this year, while August crept up on me without a freaking sound ~ the past four months have dragged on for … Continue reading →

Whose Country Is This? An Open Letter to My President.

Nov. 21, 2011
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrzcTZWLh4A”>Peter’s

[photo: Randy L. Rasmussen, Portland Oregonian] Dear President Obama, Are you seeing this?  Do you see what’s happening to the youth and the grass roots movements for change in our country?  Are you reading the same reports and watching the … Continue reading →

Unemployment: Not Just a River in Egypt.

Nov. 18, 2011
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Us, December 2008 In January of 2009 I lost my job. I was 27 years old, and I’d never suffered a single day of financial hardship. Sure…I thought I had.  I mean, I never did get that pony I wanted.  … Continue reading →

Here’s The Thing…{On The Epidemic of Bullying.}

Nov. 13, 2011
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Growing up I was lucky never to be on the business end of the bullying stick.  Not in the traditional sense.  I somehow escaped that horror of the formative years.   But these reports of sexual harassment running rampant in … Continue reading →