Feb
21

Earthbound Angels in Need of Decent Wages

Marion on February 21st, 2013

(On my my twitter feed this morning, Pankhearst, an uppity collective of independent women writers, twitted about something on the Bitch Magazine blog. How is it that I had never heard of Bitch Magazine before?  In what Nick Cave have I been living? I checked it out and saw a post about home health workers. [...]

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Nov
22

My Thanksgiving Thing

Marion on November 22nd, 2012

I am healthy.  Roof over my head.  Food in my belly.  Life is good.   I am grateful. So I don’t know why, but I was just thinking that forgiveness is important.  All cliches aside, holding on to grudge is excess baggage that no one can afford. So, if I wronged you in any way, [...]

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Nov
12

Brilliant Campaign, But Now What?

Marion on November 12th, 2012

I drove home from Reading PA on Wednesday after spending over a month as a “fellow” in the Obama campaign.  “Fellow” is a made up title for people who come to a battleground state to volunteer full-time for the campaign.  It’s kind of like being an intern, but with more exploitation. My main assignment was [...]

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