by Marie Watts | May 12, 2025 | Blog
This Mother’s Day post was first published on May 7, 2022. I’m republishing it today so I can take Mother’s Day off! Anna Marie Jarvis spent decades trying to undo the monster she created: Mother’s Day. To her horror, the day she envisioned...
by Marie Watts | May 5, 2025 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 BOCA CHICA BEAUTYBOCA CHICA THREATSBOCA CHICA RIGGED VOTING BOCA CHICA LAST THOUGHTS Boca Chica is a topic that has a way of boiling my blood. I fell in love with its beach in 2016 when my girlfriends and I spent a week in Brownsville, Texas....
by Marie Watts | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 DEPORTATION ORIGINSDEPORTATION ADVENTURESDEPORTATION 2025LAST THOUGHTS ON DEPORTATION Deportation. Expulsion. Banishment. Expatriation. Eviction. Removal. Exclusion. Displacement. Ejection. I am living the nightmare. While writing this, I am...
by Marie Watts | Apr 21, 2025 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 OLD AGE IN MY BONESOLD AGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODFIGHTING OLD AGEOLD AGE LAST THOUGHTS Old age has me outraged. Everywhere I go, lately, it has emerged, glaring at me, reminding me that the clock is ticking. And I cannot escape its ravages, only...
by Marie Watts | Apr 14, 2025 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 MY NOMOPHOBIA ATTACKNOMOPHOBIA IN THE U.S.NOMOPHOBIA SYMPTOMS HANDLING NOMOPHOBIANOMOPHOBIA LAST THOUGHTS Last week I had an attack of nomophobia and didn’t even know it. Go figure. To enlighten you, Merriam-Webster defines nomophobia as the fear...
by Marie Watts | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 HANDS OFF 1970HANDS OFF 2025HANDS OFF FINAL THOUGHTS Participation in my local hands off protest brought a flood of memories. Been there done that. Almost 55 years ago, I marched in Austin, Texas against the Viet Nam war. Little did I realize my...
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