Confounding Christianity with Freedom and Fascism for “rights” in DeSantis’ Florida — Photo credit: not my neighbor’s truck but one I saw in FL, A. Unterberger I have a neighbor whose name I will not use who loves Florida Governor DeSantis almost as much as he loves Donald Trump. He is about the same age as Trump. Social media and probably most…

Regain Your Power By Changing “Yes” to “No” — Have you ever wondered what would happen if you just decided to say “No” when you know society expects you to say “Yes”? Does that scare you? I was not raised to say “No”. It was my job to please people and say “Yes”. I learned this pretty early on, since I was a stubborn child and I basically had a major case of the “No’s”. My mother — and others — ensured I understood the impoliteness…

Analyzing the US’ New Immigration “Rules” for Venezuelans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Cubans — I got the email on 12/15/22. There was a video link (https://youtu.be/hbhfpVZKlv0?t=1152), which I did not watch until several days later. I didn’t quite grasp the magnitude of this particular email, whose subject line was rather boringly titled “New Resources for the Process for Venezuelans.” You see, the US Citizenship…

Is it because he thinks he is human or that he was maltreated as a puppy? — I love poodles! Love them. But my miniature poodle… he’s a special case. He doesn’t like to be groomed or bathed. Especially his feet. In fact, Giovanni, my furbaby, gets extremely aggressive. All of his vets have that red sticker on his chart. It means “biter.” The original shelter that…

A Weird True Florida Story — I did my January 1 ritual of going to the beach. I chickened out of actual submersion because I was late, due to cleaning and purging this house, and the water was FRIGID. I made my way to crash a hot tub (shhhh, it’s a big secret) and it was…

Title 42 is increasing vulnerability — and you can help. National Geographic published a story in October 2018 before the current immigration crisis at the US Southern Border. In it, writer Gwen Steffens includes the following quote: “To Diego Recalde, director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in…

I Stopped Writing for Two Months. I Have An All-Consuming Fury. — Hey Medium! How are you? I’ve been—busy and frustrated. A major move across Tampa Bay, only 28 miles but a world away. A kitchen renovation from hell — and still no kitchen or counters since September. What’re three months? Who’s counting? My life is upside down. Everything is packed in…

Sometimes It’s a Triumph Not A Failure — I don’t know why I thought “divorce” was such a bad thing. I no longer think it’s bad. In the past year since I became free/divorced, I can share that divorce is not the problematic part of life I thought it would be. …

Not Everyone Agrees and the Bruh-ha-ha Continues This article was written at the American Anthropological Association’s (the OTHER AAA) 2021 meeting last November. But since then, I’ve had to rewrite it several times. For one thing, while the AAA’s outgoing President Dr. Akil Gupta (2020–1) presented a keynote challenging us…