Nomad exploring life wherever I am
Everyone knows about THE Grand Canyon, right? That one in Arizona where the Colorado River looks like a tiny silver thread because it’s so far down there. The one where you can’t even see from rim to rim because it’s THAT BIG. Well, it seems like not everyone has enough respect for THE Grand Canyon because there’s a lot of “the Grand Canyon of <geographical area>” going around. It’s all nonsense, this “Grand Canyon of the Whatever” talk. Let’s take a look at some of the contenders…
A few months ago, I started reading the blog posts of Irene North, a writer in Nebraska. She’s very articulate, passionate, and smart, and I find myself nodding often as I read her writing. Two days after the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, she published an amazingly thorough compilation of information about abortion, from history to access to digital privacy, and how to support different organizations. I was inspired by Irene’s two posts, the one last Friday and then Sunday’s, to write my own Speaking Out post on Sunday, and I borrowed (OK, stole) the black and white…
It’s been a hard week to be a woman in America. Enjoy the pretty picture, then read on. (You might have noted that this isn’t a Sunday Serenity post, because I’m definitely not serene after Friday.)
Oh, 2022, who would have guessed you’d be the year of weather weirdness. But here we are, half a year in, existing under a massive heat dome over much of the Plains, Midwest, and South. On June 11th, my phone started spitting out heat warnings on a twice-daily basis and they didn’t stop coming till the following Thursday afternoon. My move east to southern Illinois had started out so well…
weath·er-beat·en /ˈweT͟Hər ˈbētn/ Damaged or worn by exposure to the weather. Spending most of 2022 so far dealing with weather left me a little less resilient than usual. So settle in for a longish read about me vs. the weather, a little play in five acts and six lessons learned.