Category Archives: Monkeyshines

Like many people who work in my industry, I have time off periodically–between semesters, some summer break time.  Usually, I begin those times with big plans:  redecorate the bedroom, write x number of poems, send out x number of manuscripts.  … Continue reading →

What a joy to be unnoticed, who always says the wrong thing.

But if you haven’t sent me an email in the past twenty-four hours, you can relax.  You can relax, too, if you did send me an email but it didn’t contain a crazy, all-in-your-head reference to a middle-of-the-night visit from … Continue reading →

From among all of the voices shouting about the President’s/Federal Government’s handling/lack of handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, one of the most notable complaints in recent days has been that the moratorium on deep water drilling is an … Continue reading →

So we punched all these holes in the world, and now what is escaping through them can’t be stopped.  That’s a hazard; you’ve probably heard of Pandora.  Mostly, we don’t mind.  Most of the platforms stand, most of the day-to-day on … Continue reading →

My parents used to joke that they didn’t know why they made such a point to vote in every election, since they usually arrived together but always left having cancelled out one another’s votes.  Growing up, I never spent much time considering … Continue reading →

I’m just back from watching my nephew graduate from high school.  It was, for our area, a large graduating class–580-some-odd members– and boy, was that roll long.  Also, I am amazed at just how many friends and loved ones 580-some-odd teenagers … Continue reading →

From FB, today:  A link to a (youtube) video in which a man whose credentials are not presented discusses how the Constitution of the United States is designed to subvert our rights.  The (theoretical) right in question is the right to consent to … Continue reading →

From FB, today:  “…in between elections, these spineless, godless, socialists are able to foist immeasureable destruction to the country and our American way of life.” Oh, hell.  This is the kind of crap that I hate to see in the … Continue reading →

So here we sit, my husband and me, talking about this site as I work on it, and what I might blog about today.  I offer a few of today’s headline topics:  Texas adopts history curriculum changes, Bret Michaels aims … Continue reading →