African Adventures – Part 1: Mountains, Museums & Rapture!
Compiled By: Working Class Wanderer- Kathryn Mann The Lonely Planet Southern Africa guidebook: “Be prepared to fall in love with the Mother City of South Africa.” I was not, but I did. In this post and probably a few after, I hope to relate my African adventures to...
Q&A: Leave Me Alone, Completely!
Anonymous Email Question: "I was dating this guy from school and it was pretty serious until he started pressuring me and then yelling at me. He apologized but when it happened again, and it was worse, he grabbed my arm in anger and left a bruise. I broke up...
The Opinionated Bitch – On The Susan G. Komen Foundation
Every day this week has brought a different story, a different excuse and a different justification from CEO Nancy Brinker for the “Board of Director’s” decision to cut funding for breast cancer screenings to Planned Parenthood. As of this moment, Ms. Brinker has just...
Indigo Children View the World as Different
Indigo Children View the World as Different Indigo Children are highly intelligent children who are articulate and think of things that are interesting, engaging, creative at the rate of "ten per second." They are children who " toast marshmallows in the fire, while...
Jim Quick: Don’t Be Too Quick to Judge
Until a few weeks ago, being a 20-year-old college student, my music exposure tends not to drift beyond the phenomena that are Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. I had never even heard of Carolina Beach Music and figured it was something my parents would dance to when they go...
Sticking to Our Goals & Resolutions
As the new year gets underway, the sense of excitement and anticipation we all felt a few weeks ago remains. It’s not too late to make 2012 a masterpiece – even if those ambitious dreams we envisioned on January 1 now seem a bit more out of reach and the challenge of...
We Remember the First, But Not the Last
We talk a lot about the firsts in our lives - first loves, first jobs, our babies first steps and first words. Firsts are noted and momentous - photos taken, dates recorded. Firsts are the exciting beginning of whatever comes next - the first day of school offers the...
It’s Your Teen: Compassion
Bruises. Emotional scars. Depression. Self-loathing. Black eyes. Shame. Educating about Teen Dating Violence is a messy business. No matter what, no matter how early I catch a child, I still meet victims. They are either secondary victims of domestic violence...
When Is the Right Time to Care?
This question has bothered me for weeks and in light of the recent death of an HWT member, I have to ask; Why is it so hard to convince others to care about those who go missing and are murdered? Is it because unemployment in the United States is still at...
Scaredy cats of the world move away from the warm milk
This might sound a little strange (it does to me) but it really did happen. To me. I have been going to a Buddhist Sangha every Sunday morning to meditate since last spring. Most days, my life speeds by in a blur. Sound familiar? I knew I needed an outlet where I...
Have You Ever Felt Abandoned By Someone Who Said They Loved You? Is It Still Affecting You, Past 50?
I know I keep asking these rhetorical questions. However, I do have your saying YES to you in mind when I ask them. I’m sure not everyone experiences everything that I bring up – but when I ask individuals about these things almost to a person I get an answer like,...
When Lightening Strikes Four Times- Tap Dance As Fast As You Can
Life is funny. My daughter and I have worked on my writing and her acting careers diligently for the past almost nine years now. Just trying to get our work out there. Working 40 hours a week. Writing after work. Acting and keeping a full time job. Writing,...