Category Archives: Poverty

Hope for a Divided Country

Posted on February 7, 2020 by AECRM

On Wednesday of this week, President Trump delivered the State of the Union Address. I am reasonably sure that my response to it, and that of my husband, is far different from many of my friends. We thought the speech … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain and Plans for December

Posted on December 10, 2017 by AECRM

Years ago I lived in New Haven, Connecticut, for a short while. A favorite place to take visiting friends was to the Mark Twain House in Hartford. It was always a hit with our friends, and we loved it because … Continue reading →

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Curve Balls. Worry. Thanksgiving.

Posted on November 20, 2017 by AECRM

Thanksgiving is later this week and as all holidays are known to do from time to time,  it is showing up a time when I don’t feel particularly in the mood. I don’t know what is going on in your … Continue reading →

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Waiting on God – when your back is to the wall . . .

Posted on October 27, 2017 by AECRM

There have been a few times in my life when I would say I was in a very bad place. Not often. Not horrible. But very nervous making and very uncomfortable. There have been a few times when it seemed … Continue reading →

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On Manure – Some Doggerel

Posted on October 15, 2017 by AECRM

When you have a tough problem that plagues you And you’ve added some worry and stress You will notice a sweet smell arising: ‘tis a mountain of dung you possess! Adding worry won’t lesson your burden Quite the opposite thing … Continue reading →

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The Boat

Posted on May 14, 2017 by AECRM

This morning I realized that it had been nearly three weeks since I wrote a blog post.  The days have flown by with little time to create anything at all.  But a couple of days ago everything changed.  All of … Continue reading →

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The Stench

Posted on April 5, 2017 by AECRM

It is Tuesday afternoon, I’ve had a bad headache all day, and it seems a good time to begin an article that came into my thoughts yesterday. It was then that I read an interesting blog post called The Stench … Continue reading →

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When a Warrior is Needed

Posted on March 31, 2017 by AECRM

As a kid, I was never a girly-girl. I was a tom-girl who didn’t have much patience for a lot of fluff. I was indifferent to painted nails but loved adventures.  I was impatient with those silly pictures of guardian … Continue reading →

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Civil Political Discourse

Posted on January 23, 2017 by AECRM

I am not a young thing anymore nor am I naive. I have lived long enough to have seen dirty tricks in politics, in government and in political life in America. That being said, I do not remember a more … Continue reading →

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Pay the Piper

Posted on October 2, 2016 by AECRM

It is no secret that we have been digging out from under debt for a long time. I wrote about it for the first time in the blog post called The Face of Genteel Poverty, way back on September 26, … Continue reading →

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