Yves Rossier, Switzerland’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, told a Swiss newspaper, La Liberté, yesterday that Saudi blogger Raif Badawi’s sentence has been suspended.
“A royal pardon is in the works thanks to the head of state, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,” Rossier added.
Read More
Donald Trump’s disability is a terrible one, one that I would not wish on anyone: There is little that is more disabling than a mean spirit.
* * * *
“Four eyes!”
The elementary school bullies used to yell that. I hated the plastic tortoise-shell glasses for their book-thickness, their weight, but most of all, I hated them for the taunts. There were other kids who wore glasses in our school, so I could not have been the only one who was taunted, but my glasses truly were thicker than anyone else’s. By high school I took up the affectation of not needing them, because, as a near-sighted person, I could see light and dark and shapes and so I could negotiate my way from classroom to classroom. I stopped the affectation one day when I did not recognize my own sister among the shapes and colors of our high school halls.
Read More
In most of her portraits, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, the reason we celebrate Thanksgiving, looks stern. Gentle, but stern. She was an editor, but befitting a woman of her era, she employed the term, “editress.” From age 33 until her death at age 90, she wore black, which designated her as a widow in mourning from the day her husband died until the day she was to join him.
Read More
stories, anecdotes, poetry, essays, and general magic
The blogging challenge keep you motivated and start the new year on the "write" track!
The Dangerous Blog of Mamie Van Doren
Daddy issues are for beta bitches
Poetry and the rumblings of my synaptic snap.
Poetry BLOG By Edge of Humanity Magazine
-- A Modern SuperWoman Life
Shortness of Breadth
because the story must be told
Award-winning historical murder mysteries inspired by classic 19th-century novels
My thoughts, sentiments, and scribbles on womanhood
Perfectly Imperfect Human
Discovering the joy of art
open your mind to a growth mindset and new perspectives
Truth of life
Autoimmune Arthritis isn't the end of the world, it's just another way of living in the world.
The Gad About Town 