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Ignoring the Elephant in the room is ,well kind of DANGEROUS

It's 7:45pm/April 30th , had my dinner ,washed the dishes and now I am writing something that has been itching me for quite a while now....

Fahrenheit 451 : The Resurrection of Madness

When my husband and I decided to move to Florida 20 plus years ago , we were leaving NYC because of the 911 attacks on the World Trade...

Mental Health Goes Alternative

In the 1950s, talk therapy and psychiatric medication became the standard approach to treating mental illness. It worked for some, but...

To Learn or Not To Learn the TRUTH ; This is how he wants it

Growing up in the New York City Public School system , I got to learn and read about all sorts of things. Fiction and Non Fiction ,...

Taxation Without Representation, maybe?

My post today will be short and sweet. It mainly has to do with something I have been struggling to understand for many years. Twenty...

Will 2023 Cast a Shadow over the 2022 Achievements? I fear so!

It's 8:30pm and it's New Years Eve, my last post for 2022. I've written some pretty introspective blogs for someone who is not naturally...

The Price ISN'T Right

If you talk to someone over the age of sixty-five about their daily life, chances are that they will mention how difficult it is for them...

The Simple Reasons Why Party Leaders Need to WAKE UP!

Ladies and Gentlemen this will be a long one so bare with me...... In less than 5 weeks, I will be turning 65 years old. A bit...

2024 The Year That “I” MATTER

So, the Mid-Term elections have come and gone. If there was something to learn from them, was that nothing should be taken for granted...

A Look at COVID-19 Vaccines So Far

COVID-19 vaccines have been a hotly-debated topic since 2019. Across the United States, vaccine mandates were initiated with haste and...

My Growing Concern with The Latino Vote (Why instead of moving forward we continue to fall backward)

Once again I find myself participating in an election season and, once again, I find myself dreading the outcome. Not just the results of...

The Voices of Lakeland

In today’s highly divisive political environment, simply being able to have a civil exchange between people of differing opinions seems...