Ah, November. The month when the holiday season really ramps up and, for some, causes more stress than usual. Thankfully, that's not how we roll here. Samhain (October 31) is what I consider the beginning of our winter holiday season, and Thanksgiving is a relaxing break from the daily grind. ...
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October Journal
October was such an eventful month, that I'm ready for hibernation. :) I spent as much time as I could gathering petition signatures in hopes of initiating a recall election in the Plattsmouth School District, while also balancing fun Halloween events, gaming sessions, and a little bit of time for ...
Book Banning & Definitions
With everything going on not only in the town of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, but all over the United States, I thought it would be good to dig into some facts and definitions. First of all, the women driving these book bans will tell you “We aren’t banning anything. You can still go out and buy these ...
September Journal
Here we are! It's my favorite time of the year! September was warm and kind of icky, but now we're well into my favorite month of all, followed by December and then November. It seemed like we had a lot going on in September, but I think the month was just a lot of "hurry up and wait." I had a ...
Thoughts on Plattsmouth
Yesterday was 9/11, the anniversary of the attacks on our country that, for a brief time, kind of, sort of, united some people in the U.S. This post will publish after I speak at the Plattsmouth School District Board Meeting about these very same thoughts. However, the public speaking forum is ...
August Journal
We're a week into September and I haven't posted my August journal just yet, so here it is. This will be short and sweet, but brace yourself for a post coming early next week. Reading In August, I read The Undertaking of Hart & Mercy, which was a good time. I finally started (or was it ...