This is a blog about a life (mine) that is really largely uneventful but for me quite satisfying, or as Shakespeare once so aptly wrote, “a poor thing but mine own”. I plan to give the bare bones outline of the days, the weeks etc. of my daily experiences with pertinent ( I hope) comments. Why would I want to do this? I suppose, because I can!
August 2010
Last month there was a vote in the senate about whether to extend unemployment benefits with Democrats in favor of the extension and Republicans mostly against. It was a close vote, but the Democrats ultimately won and the benefits will be extended until November. Since I have several friends who have been trying desperately to get jobs and have been largely unsuccessful, I was watching the results of this vote with much interest. The checks my friends receive are not for luxuries, but rather to allow them to pay for their basic needs for one more month. Providing for at risk workers in a difficult economy is not a hand-out, but a necessary safety net to guard against hunger and despair for our most vulnerable citizens. I find it hard to believe that anyone with the least amount of compassion for their fellow man would vote against that!
For more information about the legislation that has passed this year or is now being considered visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/ For information on the new health care bill and what benefits are available to you visit http://www.healthcare.gov/
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In a lighter vein I have formed a relationship with a bird that definitely brightens my day (and anything that brightens our days is certainly much to be desired.) It is a beautiful, colorful lovebird that looks similar to a parakeet and is displayed in a shop window where I frequently walk . Because I pass there so often, it now knows me and performs various tricks for me on the many toys in its cage when I come up to the window. I have learned that lovebirds are very intelligent and will live about 10 to 15 years. Although I am not really a pet person, this surprising and fun relationship has again reminded me of nature’s many wonders.
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Also this month, there has been more news of bombs and suicide bombers in many different parts of the world. This frightening development was clarified for me recently when I saw the movie the “Hurt Locker” winner of 6 academy awards. This is an honest and brutal film about the Afghanistan war and its consequences surprisingly directed by a woman Kathryn Bigelow which depicts the ongoing day by day danger and inhuman stresses endured by one company of young men as they do their job of de-fusing unexploded bombs. It highlights what our young men in Afghanistan must daily endure and makes it more and more imperative for all of us to work harder to bring them home as soon as we possibly can.
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I will be back again soon writing more about “Living Out Loud”, to try to understand and illuminate not only daily living but also some of the complicated world issues that effect not only my life, but all of our lives.
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About the Author:
June Stepansky is a published writer and poet who has a monthly web-site on the internet– A DIFFERENT VOICE– featuring poetry, opinion and the exploration of a happier lifestyle http://adifferentvoice.net/
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