Frivolous Views

Author: Carleen

  • Reach out and touch your MoCs (Downloadable contact lists)

    So I’ve spent the last week or so compiling a “database” – which is actually an Excel spreadsheet – of the contact information for all Members of Congress as well as for the House and Senate Committees. It’s not fully comprehensive, but there’s a lot of good information. Click the link below to download –…

  • Coretta Scott King’s Statement Opposing Jeff Sessions’ 1986 Federal Nomination

    McConnell may have silenced Senator Warren, but he can’t silence all of us. This is my recording of Coretta Scott King’s statement opposing Jeff Sessions’ 1986 federal nomination.     Statement of Coretta Scott King on the Nomination of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, for the United States District Court Southern District of Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee…

  • REVIEW: First Position by Melissa Brayden

    REVIEW: First Position by Melissa Brayden

    Today was a day that I most certainly did not want to watch anything on TV. I didn’t even want to be on a channel adjacent to one that might be showing the inauguration. So, I decided to protest in my own way. I turned off the TV, cuddled up with a blanket and my cats,…

  • REVIEW: “Hoosier Daddy” by Ann McMan and Salem West (repost)

    REVIEW: “Hoosier Daddy” by Ann McMan and Salem West (repost)

    I read this book 3 years ago. I was fortunate enough to get a pre-publication look at it. Boy-oh-boy! Was I glad that Salem West asked me – reviewer to reviewer – to take a look at it and give my honest opinion of it. My honest opinion? It’s a FANTASTIC novel! I’ve re-read it…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 30: Done and Done

    So this is day 30. I’ve made 30 posts in 30 days. For many of you, this is a “whatever” kind of task. That’s cool. I know there are lots of folks who post every day or do NaBloPoMo multiple months out of the year. Hell, people doing NaNoWriMo are writing a shitload more during…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 29: Fruitcake – It’s not just a doorstop anymore

    NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 29: Fruitcake – It’s not just a doorstop anymore

    We’ve all heard the horror stories that come around each Holiday season about ridiculously bad fruitcake. That cake that gets re-gifted time and time again because, really, no one wants it. Eventually, it simply doubles as a doorstop. It’s the stuff of legend – or urban legend. Fortunately, my grandmother’s fruitcake was not fodder for…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 28: Trying to stay committed

    People who know me well probably think that I should stay committed. In a nice facility with padded walls and tight, white jackets. But, really, I’m probably one of the more sane people I know. It’s a scary thought, really. But, in this case, staying committed refers to National Blog Posting Month. Not including this post,…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 27: The Creeping of Memory

    I went to see Fun Home almost 3 weeks ago. (Read my review here.) Since seeing the show, I’ve been listening to the soundtrack almost constantly. “Alexa, listen to Fun Home – A New Broadway Musical” has become my most frequent request of my Amazon Echo. Honestly, it’s sort of an obsession. While the circumstances are very…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 26: “Oy, with the poodles already.”

    So, today was a total wash. I got absolutely nothing accomplished – except for watching 1/2 of the very first season of Gilmore Girls. And napping. I’m one of those people who has been waiting for the revival – Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life – to be released on Netflix. That day finally came and…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 25: Okay! Now it’s official….

    If  you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts of late, then you know that I’m a huge fan of Hallmark during this time of year. Their “Countdown to Christmas” has been going on since Halloween. And I have been all in! The Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries have been on my “favorite…