Oh, dear. Are there any more depressing words in the English language? I actually haven’t had a vacation this summer (shower me with pity), but even so, contemplating the end of summer is still like fingernails on… well, you know. With kids all over heading back to class, let’s have a look at what this… Read more »
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#MyrtleMondays: Christmas in July!
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! Put a pretty penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, then a ha’penny will do. If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you! Have you started your holiday shopping yet? You have just 147 days until Christmas, and a mere… Read more »
#Myrtle Mondays: The Fight to Vote
Americans have a big election tomorrow, and 2020 marked the centennial of national women’s suffrage in the United States. But many of us aren’t aware of just how rocky and uneven the road to universal suffrage has been—full of switchbacks, detours, closed roads, and obstacles—or how precarious those rights continue to be.