divalounger

@divalounger (6117)

United States • Age 68

Joined myLot 15 years ago

Sing classical music, teach voice, licensed attorney and psychotherapist, published poet

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Discussions (87)

divalounger's Discussions

When you know someone this good!

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 19 Aug

We have recently had a death in the family. My mother-in-law died earlier this month. She was 102 years old. In the last number of years, she suffered from dementia. Toward the end of July, she stopped being able to swallow. We...

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Gone From the Site For a Long Time

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 19 Aug

I have been gone from the site for a long time. I had really enjoyed being here and then ran into a wave of negative comments and name-calling from a number of deeply right-wing members. I would like to test the waters again and...

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Kansas outdoes itself

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 5 Apr 23

Kansas just passed legislation to allow the forced inspection of the genitals of children from elementary school through college. This is an override of the Governor Kelly's veto of a transgender student athlete ban. As a result,...

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The U.S. and the Holocaust

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 21 Sep 22

I am sitting and watching Ken Burns' The U.S. and the Holocaust. This is the third episode. I suspect this will make many Americans uncomfortable. Our anti-semitism, our inaction, our sense of isolationism are clearly set out in...

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How to Learn an Opera in a Month

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 11 Sep 22

Actually, I suppose it is more like 2 months total, but I am expected to have the music memorized by the time of the first rehearsal--an act blocked and learned each weekend--then 1 weekend of running it and voila--we will be up...

opera

verdi

il trovatore

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Can You Say "Sedition"?

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 16 Jun 22

Here is the federal statute which defines sedition. Sedition is defined as inciting, setting on foot, assisting, or engaging in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the US or the laws of the US. If found guilty...

january 6th committee hearings

john eastman

trump

sedition

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Once a Grifter, Always a Grifter!

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 14 Jun 22

Hmm-- Today, Jeff Tiedrich tweeted: Are you telling me the guy who cheated to get into college and cheated to get out of Vietnam and cheated on his taxes and cheated students at his scam university and cheated contributors to...

1 6 hearings

bogus election fund

trump

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We Are Waaaaay Past Thoughts and Prayers

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 24 May 22

Have you had enough yet? Own a gun? Worried that maybe next time it will be your child or grandchild? Our toxic gun culture is killing thousands of kids. This has to end. I am not a big one for prohibitions, but this has to end....

school shootings

gun violence

thoughts and prayers

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What I am Reading Now

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 24 May 22

Any Alice Hoffman fans out there? I am currently reading Alice Hoffman's The Book of Magic from her Practical Magic series. It is beautifully written as are all her books. Her prose gently weaves reality, love, magic, and other...

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The Evisceration of Roe: The Elimination of the Right to Privacy

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 5 May 22

Media outlets term the evisceration of personal rights as “culture wars.” The term is a misnomer. When a small number of people grab power and then begin removing individual rights, it is an assault on an individual's privacy. For...

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Are we now going to be a DINO?

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 28 Apr 22

If you don't know who J. Michael Luttig is, he was appointed by President George H. W. Bush, formerly served on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for 15 years. He advised Vice President Mike Pence on January 6. He...

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NaPoWriMo

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 25 Apr 22

Do we have any poets among us here? Do any of you participate in NaPoWriMo? NaPoWriMo stands for National Poetry Writing Movement. You write and post 30 poems in 30 days during the month of April. I have a group I do this with...

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Collective Losses

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 14 Apr 22

Over the past number of months, I have thought increasingly about grief. Two and a half years, give or take, of Covid. Loss piled on top of loss. Death, disease, long covid, financial losses, excess deaths, missed proms, missed...

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A Refresher on the Beatitudes: It Seems to Be Necessary

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 14 Apr 22

It seems that kindness, tolerance, and mercy require a refresher from time to time. Here are the beatitudes for those who have forgotten tolerance and mercy. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of...

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Can Anyone Explain Crypto to Me?

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 18 Oct 21

I have been following some discussion here about Noise.cash. I am puzzled by the whole crypto thing. What do you do with it when you earn it? Is it just like cash? Can I take it to my bank? Help me understand --

crypto

noise cash

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Taxes--Ugh

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 11 Oct 21

I am knee-deep in finishing my taxes for 2020--We made so much less because of Covid--voice lessons stopped, so did church services for my husband --at least for a while--you would think that we wouldn't owe any taxes, but so far,...

taxes

ugh

not fun

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New Grandchild

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 17 Sep 21

Well, it all went about as well as it could have. We welcomed Savannah Elyse into the world yesterday morning. Mother and baby are doing well. And even with Covid restrictions, I was able to meet her yesterday in the hospital. I...

new baby

grandchild

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Climate Change Will Push World Wide Immigration

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 15 Aug 21

We have to rethink borders and immigration policies. And many will not like what will be coming. But even now, climate change is pushing immigration from hotter zones to cooler ones. By 2070, it is estimated that 19% of people...

immigration

climate change

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Day Off!

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 25 Jul 21

So I am in the middle of teaching a two-week stint for Piedmont Children's Choir--today is my day off in between the first and second week--I am thinking about a nap--the music is now learned that I need to teach this coming...

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I Am on My Summer Schedule

divalounger @divalounger (6117) • United States 28 Jun 21

Well, my summer is here, and for the next 2 months--more or less--I am on my summer schedule. That means I am working less and reading and writing more. It feels great. I am teaching 3 days a week and writing 2 days a week--during...

summer

downtime

summer reading

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