Islendingabok.is is Iceland’s version of Ancestry.com. Writing my childhood memoir, i am from iceland, my research revealed a plethora of famous and infamous characters, including kinship to Ragnar Lothbrok (wool-pants), from the Vikings television series. Tim often comments it would have been good to know more about my family before he consented to my marriage proposal.
Dear White Sisters,
Would you please help me understand why more than half of you voted for Trump in 2016? What did you see that I didn't? After reading Sisters in Hate, I understood how white women get caught up in the white supremacy movement. But to learn that 94 percent of black women voted for Hillary in 2016, … Continue reading Dear White Sisters,
On the Day I Die
After your death you will be what you were before you were born. —Arthur Schopenhauer
It’s About Priorities
When I read that Senator Manchin was backing out of the Build Back Better bill, my anger shot up faster than a rocket blasts into space. Tim reminds me that progress advances in fits and spurts. That in time, Americans will come together and invest in our children. Here is the thing, I don't want to be patient.
Ho Ho, NO!
Younger people say Ho Ho No! on roasting chestnuts on a roaring fire.
Edith Andersen 