Posted by: by LauraJeanKarr on November 21, 2008 @ 3:11 am
Yes, Winter Solstice will be upon us soon and there is as always an intense amount of things to be done. These past few months have passed by so quickly and in light of that, I’m trying to get ready for the solstice as best I can.
Soon, I’ll start posting on Pagan crafts, decorations and all things in accordance with winter. There may even be a snazzier and easier to navigate site design coming …
Posts have been sparse lately and I know that. Life has been an interesting and full journey this past year. I do check the visits and comments and am going to work more on keeping things updated here and keeping in contact with those who contact me.
Thank you all for your comments. Thank you for reading my fledging posts here at Simple Abnormality.
Posted by: by LauraJeanKarr on November 11, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
Today is Veteran’s Day. In 1919 President Wilson proclaimed that November 11th of every year would become Armistice Day. It wasn’t until 1938 that the holiday would become a legally recognized holiday from an act that was passed by Congress of that year to include the observances of honor for American veterans of all wars and not just that of World War I and thereby renaming the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day.
Now, I do not support the Bush Administration’s war agenda in any way but I do support and honor those who are in our military. I may not agree on the issues that caused so many of our citizens to be overseas nor to be in a global war on terror but what I agree with and do not agree with does change the facts or the reality of the situation that our soldiers are living with on a day-to-day basis.
The soldiers out there in field right now, may not be cut of the same cloth as those that have gone before them because they are not fighting for what those who have gone before them have fought for but they are our fellow country men and women. They are sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends. They have pledged their lives for this time period to being soldiers, to being the warriors out there in world in a situation that they did not have a choice in.
Together, we can bring the rest of our troops home and save the lives of innocent civilians in their homelands as well as our own people by ending the Bush Administration’s Wars and ensuring that no more wars are created.
Posted by: by LauraJeanKarr on November 5, 2008 @ 2:17 am
After the past eight years, after the frustration and awe in which I watched my fellow Americans pander to misinformation and blind loyalty to the Bush administration… after wondering just as many of you out there have done if America would ever come to the point where the majority of our citizens would stand together and cry “Enough”. After all of this, my faith in the power of the people has been restored tonight.
I am very excited to have Barak Obama as America’s 44th President. Change is possible and history has just been made. Now, all we have to do is keep moving forward and make our country, our states and our communities a better place to be than it has been these past tragic eight years.
More Pagan related goodness to follow this week, as time allows me to update here.
Posted by: by LauraJeanKarr on October 31, 2008 @ 1:38 pm
Samhain shona duit! I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday no matter what path of faith the you are on.
I am very excited about this years celebration and oddly enough preparded this year to deal with all that must be done. I am hopeful, happy and ready to set those extra plates at the table for my ancestors.
In light of the holiday, I will be off line until after the sunrise of November 3rd. That includes this blog here, e-mails and the other sites that I write for.
