Category Archives: America WTF?

Done with 2024

Posted on December 31, 2024 by sheilawill

It’s been a year. But this isn’t a political rant. I no longer understand my country. I thought I did for most of my life. Money, materialism, compassion, empathy, and compromise. And more money. That’s what the mainstream is about … Continue reading →

Posted in America WTF?, Bopping Around Tucson, Family Matters, For Love of History, Old friends, politics, Read, Read, Read | Tagged grandchildren, Jimmy Carter, Misogyny Amplified, Politics 2024, The Public Burning | 7 Comments

Kamala Harris Will Be Our Next President!

Posted on November 2, 2024 by sheilawill

I live in the Democratic bubble of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ninety-nine percent of all political house signs are for Kamala Harris (I’ve only seen one Trump sign in front of a fancy mansion). In our neighborhood (above photo) A friend who … Continue reading →

Posted in America WTF?, Fight wimpiness, For Love of History, politics | Tagged 2024 Presidential Election, Democratic Minneapolis, Get-Out-The-Vote, Kamala Harris, misogyny, Roe v. Wade, Sanity vs. insanity, Trump's vulgarity | 2 Comments

I must tell you this…

Posted on May 26, 2024 by sheilawill

I don’t know if it’s the coffee or my weekly excitement over the Sunday New York Times Book Review. It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s a subject near and dear to my heart, and I only have a few more … Continue reading →

Posted in America WTF?, Family Matters, Fight wimpiness, Journalism/Writing, Mental illness/civil rights | Tagged empathy, fear, Fire in the Brain, mental health spectrum, mental illness, New York Times Book Review, While You Were Out | 2 Comments

A Pretty Good Road Trip

Posted on March 6, 2024 by sheilawill

I miss our Mallorca Drive winter abode, its front and back patios bordered by the Sonoran Desert, its prickly pear, sunny blossoming brittle bush, and regal saguaros at our doorstep. But here we are back in Minneapolis, bypassing Mason City, … Continue reading →

Posted in America WTF?, For Love of History, Nature Girl, Out West, travel | Tagged Charlie's Spic& Span, dinosaur life, Howard Zinn, Las Vegas, New Mexico, Sonoran Desert, The People's History of El Norto | 2 Comments

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.

Posted in America WTF?, Bopping Around Tucson, Nature Girl, Old friends, Out West, Spunky Writing Hints | Tagged growing older, immigrant mother, memoir writing, Old friends, Organ Pipe National Monument, Oz Children's Bookstore, Saguaros, Sonoran Desert | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in America WTF?, Fight wimpiness, For Love of History, politics, Read, Read, Read, The inconvenient truth about education | Tagged age-appropriate books, Bridgette Exman, curriculum development, Iowa parental rights law, parents rights, rebel against censorship | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in America WTF?, Fight wimpiness, For Love of History, politics, Read, Read, Read, The inconvenient truth about education | Tagged Charles M. Blow, fear-mongering, freedom to learn, historical truths, parents rights, PEN America, public education in Florida, The Devil You Kniw | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in America WTF?, Fight wimpiness, For Love of History, politics, Read, Read, Read | Tagged banned books, censorship, Eliminating history, Lois Lowry, Republican Party, The Giver, Truth in history | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in America WTF?, Fight wimpiness, For Love of History, politics | Tagged Amy Goidman, asking questions, dinner conversation, Georgia runoff, Teach your children well | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in America WTF?, Family Matters | Tagged Jewish abortion law, reproductive rights | 1 Comment