by k.d. | Sep 18, 2016 | My Books |
In the dark hours of the morning, fire stole The Pescadero Country Store from us. Today we mourn the loss of this warm hearth where we gather to talk, to eat, to drink – to live. And, today, we thank God that no lives were lost. The owner of the Pescadero...
by k.d. | Aug 3, 2016 | My Books |
Sebastian Junger’s “Tribe” Sebastian Junger’s “Tribe” (https://amzn.com/0008168210) is a thought-provoking read about United States society and the problems caused by the introduction of isolation and separation to a population of people bred for tribal living....
by k.d. | Jul 8, 2016 | abuse of power, My Books |
To view police abuse of power as a race issue misses the true scope of the problem. What we have is a power problem, and a police hiring and procedural problem. What types of people choose to become police officers? First, there are the best kinds of people. There are...
by k.d. | Jul 7, 2016 | AA, My Books |
Step 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Alcoholics Anonymous World Service (2014-01-05). Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle...
by k.d. | Jul 1, 2016 | AA, My Books |
Step 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Alcoholics Anonymous World Service (2014-01-05). Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Locations 1185-1186). Kindle Edition. Now this step doesn’t sound like a step at all! It says to...
by k.d. | Jun 25, 2016 | My Books, my dictionary |
I must remember when watching “the news” that politicians and the media do not speak plain language; they speak the language of rhetoric, often descending into propaganda. The intent of rhetoric is not communication, but persuasion. While there is nothing...
