on politics- puts me in a terrible state of mind

Newt personifies the opposite of Christian values ( as I understand them - compassion , love they neighbor etc etc) and deserves his own ring in The Inferno

Perry is a nutcase and it scares me to think his message resonates with anyone

Santorum is a sanctimonious, self-righteous < insert cussword here>, who I would be ashamed to have speak for our country

I have friends who vote democrat because the republicans go veering off on crazy, right-wing agenda items. If the republicans would stick to the important main issues, many more of these conservative democratic voters would swing their way - and they would keep many more of the midwest fiscally conservative folks who swung to Obama in the last election. They have no need to cater to the far-right. Those folks would never vote democrat anyway.

Portland social/political scene is too much for me. I want the basics fixed: broader economic base, better environment for business, better support for education, infrastructire maintenance. Paying for larger bikelane decals just irks me. First things first.

Why don't we have a value added tax - that is a state tax on things other than groceries/food, medicine and clothing?

I do wish there were leaders willing to do the right thing for the most people. I am not a dummy and this stuff just doesn't seem so complicated unless the status-quo, big money is part of the equation.

Are people really so very lazy that if they have the chance to get something like unemployment, they will not look for a job?

Frustrating...

what is January for anyway?

I live in the moment. Enjoy it, smell it, see it, laugh it, hate it.

January gives me trouble. I try to live in the moment but find that she

slams me into "hurry up and be over" mode. Is it the dark mornings and early nightfall?

Is it the pressure of new start/look back? Awaiting spring, awaiting spring break.

Even if I am not in look-ahead mode, I am doing my least favorite things - those that I can only get to when the sun is not beckoning - patching, paperwork, organizing.

I should realize I need it, take advantage and be grateful for this closed-in month.

But this is hard to maintain for 31 days.

February is even worse - it has 4 weeks too!!

hope, accept, coping

i have concepts, thoughts and ideas that I cannot put into great words. i write inelegantly about them

i dont have a gut for beautiful design/balance vs imbalance etc etc, so I need to experiment much more to get it right. It will probably still not be elegant but I will be content

i just dont enjoy crafts. I do all of the many many things I do enjoy and leave crafting to crafty people

i am still trying to cope with not having any more children

i would have liked to be famous with all the ecoutrements for about 2 days or a week

i want to live until 300 in my current state of 46 year old body and still somewhat pliable mind. I like this age with the balance of a semi-usable body with a richly-expereinced mind

i dont have a bucket list per se. i just want more of the joy from snow, lakes, loons, kids, food, music, books, fixing things

i try to think of how i will think of my 46 year old self being worried about 5 extra pounds when i am 70

perspective is cancer, starvation, death of a child, birth of a litter of puppies or kittens, loss of one's sight