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Archive for October, 2009

Revolt Not Reform

Filed under Health Care Reform  

October 30, 2009. Joe Lieberman announced this week that he will vote to filibuster any health care bill that contains the public option. Joe, look at the government run program the taxpayers give you! Can we take that off the table too? He said: “Just take this government-created, government-run health insurance company that will cost [...]

Halloween Fashion 911

Filed under Art and Photography  

Snow Queen Head Dress

The doorbell rang a little before eight tonight. I opened the door to find a woman on my doorstep, clutching a pile of black fabric. “Are you Suzi?’ she asked. “Yes.” “Do you make costumes?” “I do, yes.” (I was wondering how she found me and why she was on my doorstep.) “Do you do [...]

The Pink Sofa

Filed under Art and Photography  

So Typically Santa Cruz

I’m taking my sticky post off but first I’ll tell you the story. Jim and I were out walking along the cliffs at Pleasure Point and there he was, a man sitting on a pink sofa, clutching a beer, his feet resting on a skateboard, and I had my camera with me. What luck. After [...]

9 Million Enrolled in the Public Option!

Filed under Health Care Reform  

We Need a Public Option

Nine million people are currently enrolled in a public option health care system and they are very happy campers. Who are these lucky people and what do we give them? They are active and retired elected officials as well as active and retired federal and postal workers and their families -  9 million people all [...]

Halloween 2009

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Autumn Fire

Another Halloween is just around the corner. This is Lola-my-dummy wearing Autumn Fire. Now that I’ve seen the photo, I’ve decided to make the head dress larger. You would think I could have figured that out while Lola was standing in front of me. I’m busy finishing up the last few costumes that I have [...]

I’m Back Home

Filed under Life  

I’ve been out of town, in New England for a couple of weeks. I came home to 112 emails, a dead monitor and a corrupted computer. I long for the days when trojans were nothing more than condoms. In a hissy fit, I trooped off to the geek store to get a terabyte so I [...]