So we are just the States of America, United we are not

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

Dorothy Thompson 1893-1961

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Carl Sagan

“People are losing faith in the institutions and in many places, they’re going to reward the people that destroyed their faith”
Bill Clinton

Big regrets for telling my kids Santa wasn’t real but Satan totally was. Christmas could’ve been more magical for them.

Christmas decorating can be a lot of work. One thing I did to make it easier is tie ornaments together in groups of 3. Saves a lot of work in decorating and tearing down.

Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.”

-Elie Wiesel