3 Ring Binder

The rippled and rippling reflection pool under the portal bridge to Point State Park in Pittsburgh, which is itself under a bridge.  Or two.

The election was almost seven months ago. The inauguration was over five months ago. While I herein have no beef with the system which allowed these events to occur, and acknowledge the sanctity of the process of a peaceable exchange of leadership in our country, I just can't use the word President before his name. It seems surreal. Like a bad joke. Like a betrayal of the office of President of the United States. While mine wouldn't be the first, last, or worst betrayal of the office, it is mine with which I wrestle.

Read this . Tell me exactly what the psychologist, James Rubin from Kings College, says about the mental effects of climate change. Nothing. Not a damn thing. He has studied and discusses the mental impact of flooding. The author of the report put (climate change) in parenthesis in a direct quote from Rubin as well interspersed Rubin's words with tidbits about flooding events "expected to rise," "could be heat waves," plus a bunch of other horrors and finally "suicide for those who cannot cope." Rubin is concerned about the mental health of people who experience natural disasters and doesn't think the problems will necessarily go away on their own. He recommends that adequate mental health services be provided as standard parts of a response effort and that risk factors be identified to help protect people from developing any of these conditions in the first place, such as helping people who have been cut off from social support serv

Tiny snaps underfoot titillate. Stepping gingerly. Sliding slightly. Leveraging stability for euphoria, Beckons venturing further afield. The promised rush of nothingness. No weight. No worries. No world. Latent ice in her veins freezes, And cracks.

This is my dog. This is my happy dog. This is my happy dog hightailing away from me. This is my happy dog hightailing away from me after I had him in a headlock. This is my happy dog hightailing away from me after I had him in a headlock to take a picture with me. This is my dog after having to take a picture with me.  Happy. And now you know why.