The haves and the have-even-mores / Wher...

Hey, if you’re rich, you’ll probably get even richer. But if you’re broke… I have started to follow NPRs stories on the the growing economic disparity between the rich and poor in the United States. Now I’m no economist, but I have studied a little bit of history and there is a pattern that emerges when a state’s income inequality begins to spiral out of control: Things start to fall apart. Check out this telling chart:...

Max...

I have a very wonderful beagel (mixed with another breed that we are not aware of) named Max. I got Max in January, 1999. He was only a few weeks old then! Boy have things change. He’s a little on the large side, but I love him very much. So click here to view some sweet photos of him. He is really my child. (Who bites at...

Hijacking by a Fox??...

If you have recently dug Brent Spore’s post & happened to find splendidlittleblog.com, here is the ‘gist’ of what you need:...

Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Ar...

This past Saturday morning, my husband and I visited the Phoenix Art Museum to see the very famous “Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art” exhibit. ...

“First all-female unit of U.N. pea...

The first all-female peacekeeping police unit from India will be training a local police force in Liberia. Click here to read the full BBC report. When I was in Cote d’Ivoire in 1992, ...