Mamacita says: Well, well, well, another Saturday has sneaked up on us! “Gumption” is an old-fashioned word, but gumption itself is a quality that seems to be old-fashioned, too. Schoolkids aren’t given time to prove they’ve got gumption or not, … Continue reading
Mamacita says: The weather forecast for Thursday night was a severe snowstorm. It didn’t show up, so I mocked it. On Friday, the snow started falling and hasn’t let up even as I write, which is 3:15 a.m. I really … Continue reading
Mamacita says: If I owned the biggest and best thesaurus in the universe, I still would not be able to find a word accurate enough to fully express my disgust and loathing of censorship, nor of the mentality of those … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Heroes are all around us. We don’t know who they are until something happens and they leap into action. Ironically, the heroes don’t know they’re heroes until something happens, either. We all hope that we’ll react heroically, but … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Sometimes it takes a major catastrophe to remind us that we are all living on the same planet; that we all have the same basic needs; that the entire universe is based on Six Degrees of Separation; that … Continue reading
Mamacita says: “Shades of the past” is an expression I occasionally use. I’ve said it several times these past holiday weeks, in fact. So I thought, well, why not use it as the theme for this week’s Quotation Saturday? I … Continue reading