Waffle House

Posted by Karin on Oct 18, 2010 in Health | 0 comments

Being sick makes you think about things.

I got screwed this weekend. I had made plans (and hotel reservations) to go to my high school reunion out-of-state. First my Sunday night plans dissolved, and then a day later I was smacked down by a sinus infection the size of Alaska (and we all know how formidable Alaska is, complete with its view of Russia) which relegated me firmly in bed. For. The. Whole. Weekend. !!!

This was a BIG deal. The trip & reunion were not only an epic mental & emotional test (PTSD-wise), but in “normal” terms, I miss my former classmates very much, and haven’t seen them since the day we graduated. I didn’t realize back then just how permanent and deep the fracture of graduation would be in the bigger picture of life.

Rumble into to my soul

Posted by Karin on Sep 7, 2010 in My thoughts | 0 comments

Severe thunderstorm outside of Egg Harbor, Wis.

As a child I was frightened of thunderstorms. I was afraid of other loud noises too — fireworks, backfiring cars and sirens all made me jump, startled, and feel like a small wild animal being shot at. I ran to my Mom, crying, and every time she would hold me close and reassure me that they were just noises and everything was okay. I was okay.

She would carefully explain them to me. Fireworks were far away and wouldn’t get me. Backfiring cars were just noisy engines having a big burp, and they couldn’t hurt me. Sirens were from the sound of trucks that made me safe, they weren’t something to fear.

With thunder, she tried every sort of explanation, day and night. As I look back now, the nighttime explanations were probably out of sheer desperation so she could go back to sleep :) but there wasn’t going to be a wink of sleep for me.

Project “Back To Health”

Posted by Karin on Aug 9, 2010 in Health | 0 comments

We’re sinking, sinking! :)

Posted by Karin on Jul 2, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

It’s Friday of 4th of July weekend, and to quote a neighbor, I can feel the peninsula slowly sinking as the great mass of tourists arrives. :) I smile because it’s a cute thought, not because I am happy all these people are here.

I feel sort of held hostage on our own property. If I value my safety or sanity, I won’t stray out there. God knows I have no desire to rub elbows with people, people, people, PEOPLE! EVERYWHERE!! People, people…

And yet I feel like I must, for some reason, lest I miss something, and don’t I need something?? Something…

BP Oil Spill traces straight to Bush/Cheney

Posted by Karin on Jun 7, 2010 in Oil Spill | 0 comments

There is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to the Gulf Oil Spill, but I’m seeing a lot of people getting on the DEATH TO BP bandwagon without giving the forefathers of the disaster any due credit. As explained in this article, although President Obama has plenty of his own errors to answer to, this isn’t “Obama’s Katrina.” This is Bush’s Katrina #2:

Vice President Dick Cheney, fresh from his days at Halliburton, had presided over the weakening of drilling regulations, including the exclusion of remote-shut-off switches (commonly used in the North Sea oil fields), which might have prevented the disaster. The Bush Administration’s petro-bias and antigovernment sensibility soiled the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the agency charged with regulating offshore drilling.

An outstanding (if uncomfortable) analysis by Joe Klein at TIME.COM:

See: BP’s Top Kill Effort Fails to Plug Gulf Oil Leak

Posted by Karin on May 30, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments