Category: American Women

  • UNHEARD and INVISIBLE

    UNHEARD and INVISIBLE

    Everyone ages. It is the common bond of humans. We all age differently however, depending upon our lives’ experiences, knowledge base, intuitive natures and emotional capabilities. Sometimes we age quicker by disease or physical conditions. No matter how aging comes about, the one factor remaining is we all age! Even animals and nature age. .…

  • Food, Family, Love and Me!

    Food, Family, Love and Me!

    Food has been the focal point in every portion of my life. Food for birthdays, holidays, special events and just plain everyday fare. It has often been the center of gatherings whether a bbq or holiday celebrations or just friends visiting. I am what is known the world over as a “ cook”, not having…

  • Assuming I Am Right

    Assuming I Am Right

    My own copied definition of assume:  “Don’t make an ass out of u and me!”

  • Who Is The Bully In The Room?

    As a fan of American History I have come to respect, forgive and love America. As flawed as it has been and in some cases still is, I see its intricate value on the world stage. Born in the 1950’s, raised in the 1960’s and began my current life in the 1970’s, allowed me to…

  • RED MENANCE OR RED SAVIOR?

    RED MENANCE OR RED SAVIOR?

    The writer addresses a comment made about former President Trump, expressing their open-mindedness and skepticism towards legal verdicts. They discuss their political beliefs, focusing on policies over personalities, immigration, and cultural unity. They support Trump’s policies and criticize media bias, emphasizing the importance of individual beliefs in political decisions.

  • Another Rotation Around the Sun

    Another dawn, another chance.

  • The Survival of the Weakest Societal Link

    (OR how to destroy the aging population through lies and threats) If you have been following my blog you will note I am on a quest to help the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees a private FaceBook/META group of which I am a member “fight City Hall” . To better understand what this organization…

  • The Truth and Nothing but The Truth

    SPOILER ALERT THIS WILL BE VERY WORDY AND REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT SENIORS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WHO ARE BEING DUPED NOW AND IF NOT STOPPED, THE FUTURE So today I watched and listened to politicians and Media presenting their views on the issue of Medicare today, which by the way today is Medicare’s…

  • The Plight of Public Service Retirees

    Retirees of Public Service deserve respect, support and promises fulfilled

  • VALUES

    Being raised with a set of values, some worthwhile, some obsolete has given me a perspective about one’s life that guides my every word, action and thought. It amazes me each time I see those values play out and strengthens my belief in the profoundness of each. My memory though not the same as it…

  • Retirees Used as BETA

    BETA PEOPLE… THE REAL VIRUS OF OUR TIMES

  • SONS

    This past weekend my sons gifted me with a milestone birthday party. It was mainly a small number of family members. It was intimate and beautiful. Their wives and children helped them do a lot of preparation which made it even more special. My heart is full with love and gratitude. Raising two boys, six…

  • Milestone

    In two days I will reach my seventh decade of life. This is the one year I have always feared. While my general outlook has always been optimistic there are days when those pesky negative vibes push their way into the fibers of my soul and wreak havoc in my thoughts. I have always been…

  • LOVE ❤️

    Love, real love is unique, its’ power indestructible and great. To experience it means the willingness to accept both complete joy and complete pain. Love is an enigma.

  • Middle ground

    I get very little to no comments and seldom a like to almost everything I post on Facebook. This leads me to thinking that no matter how I try, I make no difference in the world whether I am here or not. Yet none of this, as hurtful as it is, can change my inner…

  • Legal loan sharks

    Today I am in an “everything sucks mood”. Let’s talk about two areas in today’s society. First, the lenders and then the politicians who sit back and do nothing about the lenders’ loan sharking habits. Inquiries are exactly as they are described in the dictionary. A consumer wishes to learn about offers so they call…

  • WE ARE ALL THE SAME

    WE ARE ALL THE SAME

    “Hope Springs Eternal”

  • Never Will Forget

    The more time passes, the less we remember. On 9/11/01 our entire world view changed and that is a morning we should never forget. My Blog encompasses that patriotic feeling enhanced on that fateful day.

  • You Don’t Know Me

    Today something bothered me that really shouldn’t have, but it did. I try to not let people’s opinions of me affect me in anyway. Usually I succeed. Today though a complete stranger made comments on comments I made to a friend and they did it without knowing the first thing about me, yet they felt…

  • Won’t You Be My Neighbor

    Have you read or heard the lies about Jackson Township New Jersey? Well I am about to dispel those lies with the absolute facts. Before moving to this community after living in Brooklyn for 65 years we looked at other towns in different areas of NJ and about 75 houses online before coming here and…

  • Deceitful business practice

    ! Do NOT order or trust The LAKESIDE COLLECTION COMPANY! . They lie, they cheat, they misrepresent and they try to rob you. On 10/26/20 I placed a large order with them which offered 2 promotions to me. One for $3.99 shipping on total order and a 90 day deferred payment. I ordered with a…

  • FACEBOOK

    So the latest bit of fluff I am hearing is how Facebook is supposedly forcing right wing ads, news, etc on FB users. This is so far fetched. FACEBOOK began as a ”social” media platform the key word being social. Not a political platform medium. It is the USERS ourselves who CHOOSE what we want…

  • I’m On The Outside Looking In

    My education isn’t that of a scholar, as a matter of fact I never attended college officially. All of my knowledge stems from common sense and experiences. I have personally lived through the unbelievable traumas that most people only hear about. I can not recall a time in my life where it hasn’t been touched…

  • An Important Day

    February 3, 2020 the closing arguments on the floor of the United States Senate are being presented in the trial for Impeachment of the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. I have watched both the hearings and this trial since they began and as a citizen of the United States it is my…

  • Experience Influences Everyone

    Today I sat quietly thinking.  My mind filled with images and words about the condition of the world today.  Reading about them in papers; hearing about them on the News.  I had discussions with my closest friend and members of my family about them.  I listened to all the points of view about the war…

  • Not just another day

    Forgetful ~ apt or likely not to remember forgive ~ to cease to feel resentment against; to give up resentment of or claim to requital; to grant relief from payment of; the act of forgiving ( is defined as forgiveness ) Merriam-Webster.com September 11, 2019 Eighteen years since my life and lives of my loved…

  • For the millionth time-ASSIMILATION

    Well it happened again.  NYC was attacked by a terrorist who associated himself with ISIS.  This time a rented vehicle was the weapon of choice.  This time 8 people died and 11 or 12 were injured.  Yet the democratic and liberal party want to continue to blame America for the terrorist ideologies.  This person entered…

  • Daddy’s Little Girl

    My father died on May 4, 1969 at the age of 60.

  • A humbling experience: Civics 101

    Personalized Civics 101 Judge Gorsuch

  • Supreme Court Nomination Hearings

    Today March 20, 2017 begins the governmental process of hearings designed to learn more about nominees to the Supreme Court of the United States of America.  An important position, which keeps the checks and balances needed to maintain our country’s democracy.  While this blogpost today is in no way an in depth evaluation of any…

  • NAMASTE

    As I sit here on a Sunday evening watching television with my spouse, my mind seeks peace.  Each day I turn to social media for information, news, connections.  More and more I read the hateful comments and posts against the President of the United States. Many from people I love, all from people I like…

  • Pushed into the “doughnut hole” until death overtakes me!

    “Will you still feed me will you still need me when I’m 64?”

  • 45th & Perception

    I cannot turn on Social Media or the Television without finding a negative expose about our 45th President of the United States of America.  My first thought about those statements about him from the Democrats, Liberals, Some Women and Some Young Men is wow they are saying “Pay back is a Bitch”. Only in the very next…

  • My Broken Record

    I have heard enough!

  • Hooray! Mr. President Is Politically INcorrect! 

    Imagine the nerve!  The American people went ahead and elected a President who is changing the face of Washington politics!  How dare they want a President who tells it like it is for the Baby Boomer Generation! Yep, the rest of the population who went straight to work from High School in both the white…

  • Running Scared

    So let me start by asking each of you a question.  Remember when you started a new job? Maybe you remember getting laid off from a job and having to start over?  Maybe you just made a choice to start over in a brand new field, doing something you have never done before?  If you…

  • Merry Christmas Happy New Year!

      Here it is 2016 and another holiday is upon us.  The years seem to fly by so quickly now.  I can remember when it seemed eons before Christmas came around again.  The anticipation of the aroma in the air, the gifts under the tree, the pilgrimage to Church and the family gatherings around delicious…

  • VOTE!

     Whatever way you see it!  Whatever political party you associate with.  Whatever candidate you relate to.  Wherever you have to go….just go and VOTE!  It is a right that no one should ever let get away from them.  It was a struggle for many to gain this privilege and to have a say, even if…

  • I won’t apologize

    It is the weekend of September 11, 2016.  Fifteen years since America’s last major attack on one of its’ major cities.  So many innocent people died that day.  So many innocent people were injured that day.  So many innocent people remain ill and many are dying because of that day.  Our President elect during that…

  • A father for Father’s Day

    Maybe I am just one of those unexplained mysteries in life. Maybe because I always wondered about my biological father. Maybe that is why I have been so lucky in my life having two “fathers”. My sons’ father is the best father and grandfather I have ever seen.  His unconditional love, his self-sacrificing dedication and his…

  • FLAG DAY 2016

    Awaking on Sunday morning June 12, 2016 I turned on the television as a I normally do to watch Charles Osgood, Early Morning Sunday News on CBS Channel 2 in NYC.  Instead there was a special report about a mass shooting that took place in Orlando FL during the hours of my sleep.  By the time…

  • It Takes A “Special” Man To Be A Dad!

    Special is defined in the English dictionary in this way: unusual or better; held in esteem; reserved; made for specific purpose; arranged for specific purpose, etc. In accordance with that definition, my dad was a very “special” person. Today May 4, 2016 is the 47th Anniversary of his death.  I was sixteen years old. Complex;…

  • Looking Ahead

    Yes, I know it has been awhile since I have been here.  By now I should be filled with words, ideas, opinions.  Thoughts that will somehow change a life if not the world.  It isn’t as if I don’t have lots to say.  There is enough material around to keep me writing for months. 2016…

  • Dear Political Representatives

    Today September 11, 2014 a day to remember our fallen, our injured, our heartbreak seems to be the most poignant day for me to write this blog post. On that beautiful September morning with the sun shining brightly our country was attacked by an enemy.  Their purpose was to hurt our financial and military centers…

  • My son, the published author

    I am so excited today! My eldest son, Rocky (Rocco) Napoli has published his first short story today on Amazon.com! It feels like eons since he first told me about his dream of being a published author.  To know Rocky is to love him.  He is intelligent, charismatic and possesses a way with words that…

  • Reminiscing Barbara

      This blog today may turn out to be the length of a book, but there are things about Barbara that I am remembering and some of them need to be told at length.  Her personality was so complicated and awesome that to generalize entirely about her now would seem unfitting to her memory. She wasn’t a…

  • RIP JOEY 01/28/15

    January 28, 2016….the first anniversary of the day you passed. I will always remember you and miss you. Here is your favorite song: And that’s The Way I See It here in Brooklyn K

  • JOEY Remembered

    January 28, 2016….the first Anniversary. It was one year ago today that Joey passed.  Another sad day to mark in our memories.  Losing our loved ones through death seems to happen sooner and more frequently in this stage of my own life.  I still miss the Joey I once knew and the memories of what…

  • A New Year

    As I sit here reflecting upon the passing of 2014 my mind is clear and clouded both rendering indistinguishable. I always believed life would get better as a person aged. I am finding that it’s truly all an illusion. Life is really what you make of it. As the body breaks down and the mind…

  • Peace on Earth

    Christmas time is one of my favorite times of year. My heart rejoices remembering that once a year a Man was born who influenced millions with His acts of kindness, His teachings of love and peace, the sacrifice He made of His life so that people would believe that His Words were true and that…