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...
by Marie Watts | Mar 31, 2025 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 WHAT IS THE SMITHSONIAN?HOW DOES THE SMITHSONIAN EXPLAIN HISTORY?HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER FLAPS AT THE SMITHSONIAN?WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHITEWASHING THE SMITHSONIAN?FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE SMITHSONIAN The Smithsonian was the recipient of a new...
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