I’m sitting here tonight reading some very old postings I wrote a few years ago. My views and thoughts have not changed, particularly in this election year. My life is quiet, because I prefer it to be that way. However, I am scared. Fear. It’s a visceral word. It immediately evokes a response. The reaction [...]
Living in an “Occupy”d World
November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I know there have been articles on here about the Occupy movement sweeping the country. I don’t know how anyone could refute the immensity of this phenomena, regardless the side they are on. This is the definitely the hot new buzz word. However, a friend of mine and I were talking today and [...]
The Bubbles
October 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
During my hiatus history occurred. Names were carved into granite, a timeless memorial to brave soldiers. Most of those names have also been carved into more personal memorials. People I have never met moved me to tears, stories about events I have never had to witness broke my heart, small moments in time we’ll never [...]
The Daily Bubbles
August 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
It’s here again, another Monday. Try to contain your enthusiasm for another lovely day at the office, while dreaming about that vacation you never got a chance to take this summer for whichever reason. It appears the heat has gone away for a bit. It was nice to wake up this morning and actually be [...]
Bridging the Digital Divide in Michigan
August 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
Linda Teeter of Michigan Citizen Action talks about the challenges and benefits of bringing wireless technology to Michigan: After 30 years in political and community organizing in Michigan, I have had the opportunity to learn from the people and communities we work with – the challenges they face and their many accomplishments. It’s this experience [...]
The Daily Bubbles
August 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
Thursday open thread…. a little bit late I found something interesting when I pulled up the page for the library. An article I'd not seen before, about job searching in Michigan. As I've been hunting for a little over a month now, I thought I'd seen all of them. This one seems to be interesting [...]
The Daily Bubbles
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Wednesday open thread I was quasi paying attention to last night's election in Wisconsin. Ok, I was playing on FB and pogo and getting election results via Christine, but that still counts as paying attention…'ish. Image by karynsig via Flickr Anyway…she made a comment which really irked me. There is a county in Wisconsin [...]
The Daily Bubbles
August 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Surprise! It's Monday! Did you know there's a new fish threatening to invade the Great Lakes? Pretty ugly thing, too! It's called a snakefish. According to the Freep article, there are 29 different species and one is capable of living through our winters. It was originally imported into the US from Nigeria (among other [...]
The Daily Bubbles
August 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
How about some giggles to get you through Friday? I found this in my email while cleaning it out. Enjoy! Image via Wikipedia If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might [...]
The Daily Bubbles
August 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Wednesday! watch Traverse City get their groove on! just wow!! let's not forget Grand Rapids!
