Tag: Election

  • VLOG:  I voted today. Have you voted?

    VLOG: I voted today. Have you voted?

    My process:  I turned on my camera and started recording what I had to say. I then transcribed (using voice to text) what I said to a Word document. I cleaned that up a bit – I wanted to make sure I was making sense.  Then I re-recorded based on the cleaned up script.  I’ve…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 13: It’s still hard, but this helps

    Like millions and millions of other people in the US, things are still hard. They are still emotional. We’re moving through grief and fear and sadness and anger and depression and rebellion and rage and everything in between. We’re not experiencing them in a linear fashion. We’re not experiencing them all at once. We’re not…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 9: You Brought This On Yourselves!

    Yesterday afternoon, I turned away from all interactive media – social or otherwise – and watched Christmas movies on Hallmark. Then I took myself to a local theatre, turned off my phone, and watched The Girl on the Train. (Another post for another day.) My blood pressure had already been going up pretty steadily over the…

  • NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 8: Election Day

    NaBloPoMo (11/2016) – Day 8: Election Day

    Once again, I must tell you how much I love my little suburb. We boarder Chicago. In fact, 119th Street, which is only about 4 blocks from my house, is the city line. If you are driving West on 119th St, you’re in Chicago. If you are driving East, you’re in Blue Island. We’re ethnically…