The Strongest Earthquake
July 19th, 2007
He and she had only been married for a few years when the Air Force sent him off to Shemya, Alaska, while she and their two children stayed home in California. (Shemya is an island in the Bering Sea, about 200 miles off Russia, which has absolutely nothing but an Air Force base, foxes, and tons of snow.)
She was shaken awake on the morning of February 1, 1975. Not by one of her kids, but by the room itself. The bed was jumping up and down and actually rolling back and forth on the tiled floor, and the Venetian blinds were violently shaking against the window. Being a native Californian, she knew that this was an earthquake. A big one. A very big one. Read the rest of this entry »
Animals or People?
July 18th, 2007
Animals or kids? Animals or babies? Animals or people?
When a horse and many dogs are found residing inside a house, there is an outcry against their living conditions. Animal control is called and acts very swiftly. Besides the filth, the outrage is that a horse should be able to run free. The sidenote in the news story is that there is a child in the home. If a concerned neighbor had called to say that a child was living in filth, would child protective services have acted as swiftly?
The Eyes of Youth
July 8th, 2007
Young people have a different outlook, which is natural. Our youth think that they will live forever. After all, only old people die and they think that old is “forever” away. On the other hand, they are apt to forget that a tattoo lasts forever and get one on a whim.
