In July of 64 A.D., a great fire ravaged Rome for six days, destroying 70 percent of the city and leaving half its population homeless. “According to a well-known expression, Rome’s emperor at the time, the decadent and unpopular Nero, “fiddled while Rome burned.” - playing golf today would apply.

Holding up my little sign at International Women’s Day protest, Virginia Beach, Va. Felt empowering!