Category: Other Ponderings
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I, Too, Have Put My Life on the Line for This Country
I often feel like people say they served to protect our country as a way to stop voices of dissent, and dare I say, revolution. This gravely concerns me because I believe that one of America’s most important freedoms that we need to protect is the freedom to question those in leadership. Leadership is hard. …
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I Found My Categorical Placement!
My entire life, I have felt like I don’t quite fit into the categories people create to define each other. In truth, this has brought me a lot of pride, to be indefinable, and a lot of frustration, as people just never quite “get” me. As I was exercising on my bike this morning…that is…
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Roots
I’ve been mulling this subject around in my brain from many different angles. A forest of tall, strong trees has a complicated system of roots on the forest floor, like the ones pictured above. They’re beautiful, really, in their own way, but one could easily get tripped up on them. The same seems to be…