Category Archives: America WTF?

Back in Tucson!

Posted on February 1, 2024 by sheilawill

Only for two months, but I love being here with both my Saguaro and human friends! We’re at the halfway mark.

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Book-Banning Befuddles Me

Posted on September 4, 2023 by sheilawill

In the Sept. 3 New York Times I read”This Summer, I Became the Book-BanningMonster of Iowa” by Bridgette Exman. A former high school English teacher, now the assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for public schools in Mason City, Iowa, … Continue reading →

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Adults can still read what they want, right?

Posted on August 27, 2023 by sheilawill

Politicians are clamping down on freedom to learn in schools. Isn’t that why schools exist, or is it to promulgate parents rights bullshit? There’s no systemic racism in the United States, these politicians claim. Slavery taught the oppressed some beneficial … Continue reading →

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Banning and Censoring Books is UnAmerican!

Posted on August 19, 2023 by sheilawill

I’m so dismayed by the banning and censoring of children’s books I’m going to recommend new titles as often as I have a few minutes: First is The Giver by Lois Lowry, published in 1993. One of my all-time favorites, … Continue reading →

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Serving Up Democracy

Posted on December 7, 2022 by sheilawill

It’s the questions, Stupid! Back in Bill Clinton’s day it was “It’s the economy, Stupid! That’s not the case anymore. We’ve gotten ourselves mucked up with too much political hypocrisy, lies, and general incompetence. (Look at Herschel Walker, an incompetent … Continue reading →

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November 22, 1984

Posted on November 22, 2022 by sheilawill

I was one of the lucky ones. I lived in modern times. It wasn’t easy opting for an abortion on Nov. 22, 1984. That day wasn’t a happy one. It emphasized another reason to dislike that November day, the first … Continue reading →

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People Who Need People

Posted on August 26, 2022 by sheilawill

The Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron advises us to cultivate curiosity, to promote loving kindness in ourselves so that we extend it to others. Even to strangers, which is why I smile or say hello to the most disheveled people walking … Continue reading →

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Kansas, Oh Kansas!

Posted on August 4, 2022 by sheilawill

We’re steeped in Doublespeak. In the late 1970s I gave a talk at the Southwest Harbor Library on George Orwell’s “1984,” a prescient masterpiece that I’ve taught to high school students. Did I ever imagine that historical lies would become … Continue reading →

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Missing Ashley

Posted on July 15, 2022 by sheilawill

Forget about Amazon.com! All book lovers, please purchase your books from bookshop.org! Not only will you be helping independent bookstores like my former Oz Books, but I’ll be suggesting book lists for anyone who’s interested. My first list is, of … Continue reading →

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Techno-Bullshit No More

Posted on January 26, 2022 by sheilawill

I don’t know about you but free online deals entice me. Now I realize they can only come to no good. Whether it’s Hulu or Door Dash, The New York Times, or search engine optimizers, I’m done. Remember the old … Continue reading →

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