Thirteen (and then some) Things I Accomplished Today I fought the good fight on a disputed bill, but they won citing their terms of service. Ugh. So I paid the stupid bill and went on with life. I filed for the last two rebates on my phone/cable/Internet service, so I have another $130 coming in sometime next month. Yay! I balanced 4 accounts I’ve been...

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I’ve been watching Yes We Can over and over again, and today I found a website that gives me something concrete to do with all this inspiration to take action I’m feeling: WeAreWhatWeDo.org Their motto: Small actions x lots of people = BIG CHANGE. Check it...

Song & video, featuring a star cast, by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. Inspired by Barack Obama’s ‘Yes We Can’ speech in New Hampshire. Yes, We Can! It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom. Yes we...

Silhouette of what once was a huge pecan tree, decimated by ice and wind. Prima Donna Daughter hugging another broken pecan tree. She said it must have hurt when the branches broke like that. Notice how one of the limbs came down with such force it punctured the earth and is stuck there without any support. Freaky what Mother Nature and the laws of physics can do...

This is the Oregon Trail at Guernsey, Wyoming. That’s rocks, folks. Not snow. So many wagon wheels went over these rocks, they wore a rut in them that has stood the test of time. Cool,...

As a public service promoting good mental health, I’ve decided to add a Mr. Linky to Fed Up Fridays so that you can vent and whinge and expunge your mental, spiritual and emotional yuck along with me each week. Just like poppin’ a zit, sometimes you just gotta get that yuck out. Consider Fed Up Fridays your weekly life-force exfoliation. By taking a stand...