Tonight, while those who observe watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl, we are in a holding pattern waiting to see if Russian president Vladimir Putin launches a major European invasion, and supporters of the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, are insisting that Trump’s opponent in the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton, committed treason by spying on his campaign.
I have for several years felt what we needed was a President Teddy Roosevelt in our time. Someone with the strength to break up the big tech monopolies who are manipulating people with algorithms to get clicks for their greed rather than any consideration for the well being of young girls and people vulnerable to misinformation. Someone who would address the climate the way Roosevelt created the National Parks and our natural resources. Someone would would measure America by its Well Being Index rather than its Gross National Greed. Someone also who would protect the rights of all of us, this time. What happened to that moment after George Floyd's murder when many of us wanted to come together and make a movement for a new multi-cultural democracy where all of would thrive and support each other. Personally, I think it is time for a new women's movement to restore women's rights and the rights of all of us. Love to quote Benjamin Franklin on "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." I'm outraged. How about you?
Valentine's Day is very special for me. In 1965 my best friend asked me to be his Best Man and attend his engagement party. As encouragement he told me that "Tammy" would be there, a beautiful bomb shell and friend of his fiance Holly. After meeting Holly's folks in the kitchen my best friend nudged me with, "Let's go meet 'Tammy'!" On the way we stumbled across a young woman filling out engagement notices while sitting "indian" style on the hallway floor. My best friend paused to introduce Holly's Maid of Honor, Marti Belcher. Marti looked up at me with a mouth full of braces, horn rimmed glasses, and her hair in a French Curl. I looked into her beautiful green eyes and lost any intention of going any further down the hall. Within moments of talking with her, I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with woman. That was February 14th, 1965. We will be celebrating our 57th year together tomorrow.
So many thank you’s for this very tragic history which became the force for good planning & construction of public works. I so appreciate your gifts for true stories from our country’s history. Again, your talent for truth-telling inspires hopefulness in our current world of desperate behaviors and treachery.
While Lincoln, about whom you wrote yesterday, has always been my greatest hero and my favorite president, I have found Theodore Roosevelt's ability to overcome such monumental grief and turn it into action for the public good to be another remarkable example of how history somehow provides us with just the right men (so far) that we need at the right time in the presidency. Thanks for the reminder.
This is beautiful. A very fitting tribute to the women in Roosevelt's life. It's wonderful to know the positive way he changed his life and the lives of so many others as well.
Thank you, Dr. Heather, for another piece of history that I had not learned until now. What a terrible tragedy for President Roosevelt. I knew of the positive changes he brought about during his administration but nothing of his personal life.
Out of curiosity I looked up his daughter Alice and was pleasantly surprised to read about her life, although coincidentally she also passed away in the month of February in 1980, 6 days after she turned 96. She made famous the quote, "If you have nothing good to say about someone, come sit right here beside me."
I also learned that one of her half brothers was named "Kermit," which until now I thought was a made-up unique name for a Muppet. 😉
“ The diseases that killed his wife and mother were diseases of filth and crowding…” I knew this story, but not that typhoid and Bright’s disease were looked at this way. Thank you for teaching us a fuller account of history.
I did not know this history. Did his daughter, Alice, survive?
I hope we turn climate change around in time so that future generations will be able to read about our times. About how Biden persevered in making lives better for ordinary Americans in a time when the opposing party spread misinformation and propaganda. And how a former President went to prison for his many crimes.
“On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.”
“I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.” – Dr. Seuss
Sometimes when looking for a good story you may find a gold mine or opportunities to connect with people who are helping others. Take the following excerpted article that appeared in the Gonzaga Bulletin. I saw it online last night.
'Little Free Food Pantries (LFFP) have sprouted up in Spokane neighborhoods to combat street hunger.'
'There are approximately 46 little pantries of food that are free to the community. Neighbors helping neighbors with food isn't an unusual concept, but the national LFP (Little Food Pantry) development started in approximately 2016 in Fayetteville, AR by Jessica McClard. The pantries are starting to pop up all around the country aiming reduce the hunger rates of neighboring people'.
'The LFFPs were inspired by the Free Little Libraries that have been around for many years. While there are many people who aren’t big fans of books, there are many benefits that come from these LFFPs. Community members from all over the city have come together to collect, build and stock each LFFP to support the larger endeavors of nearby food banks.'
“LFFPs have 24/7 public access for those who cannot get to a formal food pantry during its operating hours. LFFPs are also hyper local to neighborhoods, removing the need for costly transportation,” said Kelsie Rowland, manager for one of the LFFP at Caritas.
“We currently stock 15 pantries in Spokane and there are now an additional 33 pantries with private hosts that have popped up with more in the works,” Rowland said.' (gonzagabulletin) See link below.
The Gonzaga Bulletin is connected to Gonzaga University, a private Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington
'For over 100 years The Gonzaga Bulletin has worked and continues to work incredibly hard to bring the week’s news in a way that is relevant and interesting to the Gonzaga and Spokane community.'
The Bulletin staff is always working to innovate both this publication and the field of journalism as well. Through traditional print, live social media updates and interactive multimedia The Bulletin works to teach its staff both the traditions of journalism as well as the groundbreaking technology in the field. It also strives to present content to readers in an in-depth and accessible way.'
The Democratic Party, grassroots organizations, political activists and most of the rest of us need to have strong local connections to spread the word about what the Biden administration and the party are doing. It is also a way to work in concert with local people in their communities. College journalism departments, bulletins, newsletters, radio broadcasts, etc., are outlets for news that is not available on social media or on Fox. How many Americans don't get the news? The wall between people with or without it is very high and exceedingly dangerous. It is the wall serving authoritarian and autocratic forces, one even more difficult to get around than the wall Trump didn't quite get built. We have to find ways to create bridges between two worlds in America, which have grown very far apart.
I have for several years felt what we needed was a President Teddy Roosevelt in our time. Someone with the strength to break up the big tech monopolies who are manipulating people with algorithms to get clicks for their greed rather than any consideration for the well being of young girls and people vulnerable to misinformation. Someone who would address the climate the way Roosevelt created the National Parks and our natural resources. Someone would would measure America by its Well Being Index rather than its Gross National Greed. Someone also who would protect the rights of all of us, this time. What happened to that moment after George Floyd's murder when many of us wanted to come together and make a movement for a new multi-cultural democracy where all of would thrive and support each other. Personally, I think it is time for a new women's movement to restore women's rights and the rights of all of us. Love to quote Benjamin Franklin on "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." I'm outraged. How about you?
Valentine's Day is very special for me. In 1965 my best friend asked me to be his Best Man and attend his engagement party. As encouragement he told me that "Tammy" would be there, a beautiful bomb shell and friend of his fiance Holly. After meeting Holly's folks in the kitchen my best friend nudged me with, "Let's go meet 'Tammy'!" On the way we stumbled across a young woman filling out engagement notices while sitting "indian" style on the hallway floor. My best friend paused to introduce Holly's Maid of Honor, Marti Belcher. Marti looked up at me with a mouth full of braces, horn rimmed glasses, and her hair in a French Curl. I looked into her beautiful green eyes and lost any intention of going any further down the hall. Within moments of talking with her, I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with woman. That was February 14th, 1965. We will be celebrating our 57th year together tomorrow.
So many thank you’s for this very tragic history which became the force for good planning & construction of public works. I so appreciate your gifts for true stories from our country’s history. Again, your talent for truth-telling inspires hopefulness in our current world of desperate behaviors and treachery.
Dear HCR, YOU are a light that continues to guide!
While Lincoln, about whom you wrote yesterday, has always been my greatest hero and my favorite president, I have found Theodore Roosevelt's ability to overcome such monumental grief and turn it into action for the public good to be another remarkable example of how history somehow provides us with just the right men (so far) that we need at the right time in the presidency. Thanks for the reminder.
This is beautiful. A very fitting tribute to the women in Roosevelt's life. It's wonderful to know the positive way he changed his life and the lives of so many others as well.
an incredible story- thank you.
I was & have been always fascinated by history- and as a kid wondered why American history was so boring & cololess compared to other countries.
Thanks to you , I am seeing our country come alive- it’s staggering how little we were told & how much has been omitted.
You do such an amazing job of finding the truth in the daily deluge of information .
You are the shining star of reason & sanity !
Thank goodness for you!
Thank you, Dr. Heather, for another piece of history that I had not learned until now. What a terrible tragedy for President Roosevelt. I knew of the positive changes he brought about during his administration but nothing of his personal life.
Out of curiosity I looked up his daughter Alice and was pleasantly surprised to read about her life, although coincidentally she also passed away in the month of February in 1980, 6 days after she turned 96. She made famous the quote, "If you have nothing good to say about someone, come sit right here beside me."
I also learned that one of her half brothers was named "Kermit," which until now I thought was a made-up unique name for a Muppet. 😉
Poignant story, and powerful, Dear Heather.
What are we to make of our current stories? Where do we go with the vile brew of current propaganda?
Onward, I say, to the 2022 midterms, where the thoughtful "silent" majority will turf the termites of idjt...where we will say YES to democracy.
Where we will eliminate the McTurtle favorites and see the primaries bereft of true candidates.
Where we will support democratic folks who will represent the people rather than the moneyed interests...
Onward!
This is a lovely story for Valentine's eve. This is one of the reasons i come here....to learn and appreciate history.
I've always felt an epiphany comes when you can see, feel, and understand from another's viewpoint.
“ The diseases that killed his wife and mother were diseases of filth and crowding…” I knew this story, but not that typhoid and Bright’s disease were looked at this way. Thank you for teaching us a fuller account of history.
Thanks for history lessons that help us understand our country's past.
I did not know this history. Did his daughter, Alice, survive?
I hope we turn climate change around in time so that future generations will be able to read about our times. About how Biden persevered in making lives better for ordinary Americans in a time when the opposing party spread misinformation and propaganda. And how a former President went to prison for his many crimes.
“On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.”
“I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.” – Dr. Seuss
Tell someone you love them while you can.
Sometimes when looking for a good story you may find a gold mine or opportunities to connect with people who are helping others. Take the following excerpted article that appeared in the Gonzaga Bulletin. I saw it online last night.
'Little Free Food Pantries (LFFP) have sprouted up in Spokane neighborhoods to combat street hunger.'
'There are approximately 46 little pantries of food that are free to the community. Neighbors helping neighbors with food isn't an unusual concept, but the national LFP (Little Food Pantry) development started in approximately 2016 in Fayetteville, AR by Jessica McClard. The pantries are starting to pop up all around the country aiming reduce the hunger rates of neighboring people'.
'The LFFPs were inspired by the Free Little Libraries that have been around for many years. While there are many people who aren’t big fans of books, there are many benefits that come from these LFFPs. Community members from all over the city have come together to collect, build and stock each LFFP to support the larger endeavors of nearby food banks.'
“LFFPs have 24/7 public access for those who cannot get to a formal food pantry during its operating hours. LFFPs are also hyper local to neighborhoods, removing the need for costly transportation,” said Kelsie Rowland, manager for one of the LFFP at Caritas.
“We currently stock 15 pantries in Spokane and there are now an additional 33 pantries with private hosts that have popped up with more in the works,” Rowland said.' (gonzagabulletin) See link below.
The Gonzaga Bulletin is connected to Gonzaga University, a private Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington
'For over 100 years The Gonzaga Bulletin has worked and continues to work incredibly hard to bring the week’s news in a way that is relevant and interesting to the Gonzaga and Spokane community.'
The Bulletin staff is always working to innovate both this publication and the field of journalism as well. Through traditional print, live social media updates and interactive multimedia The Bulletin works to teach its staff both the traditions of journalism as well as the groundbreaking technology in the field. It also strives to present content to readers in an in-depth and accessible way.'
The Democratic Party, grassroots organizations, political activists and most of the rest of us need to have strong local connections to spread the word about what the Biden administration and the party are doing. It is also a way to work in concert with local people in their communities. College journalism departments, bulletins, newsletters, radio broadcasts, etc., are outlets for news that is not available on social media or on Fox. How many Americans don't get the news? The wall between people with or without it is very high and exceedingly dangerous. It is the wall serving authoritarian and autocratic forces, one even more difficult to get around than the wall Trump didn't quite get built. We have to find ways to create bridges between two worlds in America, which have grown very far apart.
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