Christy Thomas

Doves, White Clothes, Trash Bags . . . and the end of democracy?

Doves, White Clothes, Trash Bags . . . Lifting others is how we build a great nation, not stomping on their hands and sending them plunging even further downward.

A Life In Perspective Alaska teaches me how very insignificant I am. But there is wine tasting!

We humans are likely the most invasive and most destructive species ever seen in the complex history of this planet.

The Uncluttered Life And an update on Ozzie and Harriet, the doves among us.

The Uncluttered Life: life lessons from the doves among us.

The Two-Way Betrayal and the sorrow of Black Saturday.

The Two-Way Betrayal: The ultimate message of Easter involves celebrating and observing the nearly impossible act of forgiveness for those who have betrayed us. It is something that almost no one wants to do, and not a single person does easily.”

Conservatives and Liberals Need Each Other Or . . . we can push Jesus off a cliff again.

Conservatives keep the in-crowd safe. Liberals challenge boundaries and transform society.

We need both.

The Hope Of Spring In the garden, in my life, in the world . . .

The Hope Of Spring

Wannabe tyrants constantly emerge, often creating unfathomable damage that lasts for generations. Even so, new life keeps emerging and fighting back, fighting for basic human decency and the freedom to live peacefully and without fear.

The Mean Girls Among Us And yet once again, I'm don't read the code well . . .

The mean girls never seem to go away, do they?

The Theology Behind Donald Trump Why he can get away with anything without, including aligning himself and the US with Putin and turning his back on historic US allies.

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If Democracy Holds Then . . . The Musk-Trump regime will have been a good thing

My call to stand up for the vast majority of Centrist Americans: We are neither right-wing neo-Nazi white supremacists nor are we left-wing anything-goes socialists. We are simply decent and want a responsible government where truth is the norm and democracy the means.

On Cleaning One's Plants and other challenges of this aging suburban housewife

On Cleaning One's Plants Somewhere in the great afterlife, with, one assumes, his dementia gone and sense of humor returned, my father must be having a good laugh at my expense.

My Puny Pocketbook Protest Facebook and Amazon, i.e., Zuckerberg and Bezos, are vulnerable.

With emptiness inside and human connection limited only to transactional exchanges, neither Trump nor Musk can claim to be human. They are now nothing but co-dependent pieces of toxic biological flotsam, polluting all they touch.

"Help Me To Understand" Seven rules for communicating across the religious divide.

Pondering conversation across the religious divide, made worse by the current political atmosphere.

The Smoke Alarm Battery Blues I'm sure somewhere, somehow, a home smoke alarm has saved lives but . . .

I am musing about the unintended consequences of the current US leadership decisions.

Hegseth Routinely Passed Out From Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says Trump’s Pentagon pick has denied the allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign.’

And this fine, upstanding character will likely be our next leader of the Pentagon and the entire Armed Forces. I can hardly wait.

It is just dawned on me why Facebook discontinued fact checking. The truth? Moral repugnancy sells. It’s all about the money. What difference does it make if people are dragged into the cesspool of racial hatred, lies, and soft porn as long as some rich oligarch’s pockets are being stuffed?

If You Have Brown Skin . . . It's time to give your citizenship papers a permanent home in your pocket.

Let us stay, mindful of the real harm about to fall on so many of our loved ones, citizens, and the desperate people who had hoped to find refuge in what is supposed to be a hospitable nation.

Best thing our allies can remember: if you stand up to Trump you intimidate him and he will back down. If you crawl to him (like his sycophantic politicians) he will not respect you and will eventually throw you under the bus.

He’s never opened one either.

If You Have Brown Skin . . . It's time to give your citizenship papers a permanent home in your pocket.

This is a terrible time for any who are not lily-white. The First F[elon]OTUS will turn them all into second-class citizens. #Trump #immigration

If You Have Brown Skin . . . It's time to give your citizenship papers a permanent home in your pocket.

The scary times have begun.

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I've long become accustomed to the convenience of shopping at amazon, but in protest to Bezos's choice to bend the knee to President Elon Trusk, I want to shop elsewhere. Any suggestions?

I can't even begin to comprehend what all has happened out there. Are you all OK?

A rare snow in Frisco. A good day for those who can safely stay inside and warm. Not so good for the rest of the people in this area.

Some thoughts on the older woman's body and the fashion industry.

What we are doing to women and babies as a result of restricting maternal health care is a national shame.

Is our the President-elect of the USA named Elon Donald Trusk?

The Expressionless Life Giving ourselves the Parkinson's face with BOTOX

Have you ever wondered why conversation is so difficult with some people? Here is one reason.

As women are slated to lose more and more rights in the coming years, I’m very intrigued by the four “B’s”movement starting in South Korea. More and more women there are saying no to sex, dating, marrying men, and children. I don’t blame them, and yet having children was for me simply wonderful.