All politics are local

Tip O’Neil said that “All politics are local”, and you can interpret that various ways. For me, I work with chronically homeless, mentally ill, addicts. That description also fits my biological mother and several members of my adoptive family. Usually this is just something that adds character, these little quirks that occasionally land people in […]

Do gooder

Envelope stuffer. I always wanted to be one of the "Ladies Who Lunch". As it is I stuff @Mendpoverty envelopes as I take lunch from my desk. I am in the Gala Committee for MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY as we plan our Academy Awards (r) viewing party at Universal Studios, Hollywood. Many of you […]

Facing Fear that is replacing truth

As @stevebenen says " We have falling unemployment, increasing growth, rising stock indexes, a shrinking deficit, and increasing economic confidence. More Americans are gaining access to affordable medical care. More Americans are graduating from high school and entering higher ed. Gas prices keep dropping. Even the federal response to the Ebola threat has turned out […]

Knowing When to Hold Them

My job is helping people. I get paid to maintain a point of view that focuses on goals and helping people address the obstacles keeping them.from achieving them. This makes me the worst and most annoying of friends. I’m like the chef who tells you that you can’t make meatballs out of bologna slices. If […]

Look at me and celebrate how helpless I am!

From time to time we all deserve a pity party. Everything seems to be going wrong and new challenges have emerged that we don’t know how to break into bite sized chunks. We freak out, we may even cry and we tell anyone who can hear how overwhelmed we are. It is okay, we are […]

Vote

Give yourself the gift of having a voice in our government. Don’t just post your political views on line (and some of you are very backwards in your views). Go vote. Respect yourself enough to vote.

Vote like a woman

You are an hourglass. The politicians are focused on your bottom half and uterus… shock them with a reminder that you also have a working brain! Republican Democrat Vote Election Feminist CITIZEN of the United States

Dear Homeless in LA. First letter!

This morning we had our first letter as shown in the image. My best answer is that Homelessness feels ugly, it doesn’t have to look ugly too. I’ve discovered some talented artist through the LAMP art project and Art Works (Rory White is a certified master). But I’ve never thought of using that art for […]

Dear Homeless in L.A.

Just ask me. Don’t be embarrassed or awkward:just ask your questions so I might answer them here . You are probably not the only person with your question and everyone can benefit. I will he running this mid week or as often as I have fodder for it. I am not going to invent question, […]

I blame Obama

This is awful. So many of my fellow citizens are going to be angry and in disbelief. Others are going to be smug. http://jeff61b.hubpages.com/hub/14-Facts-About-The-Obama-Presidency-That-Most-People-Dont-Know