Afghanistan–Our “Vietnam Conflict”
Is Afghanistan our "Vietnam Conflict"? Years ago, I remember hearing the title of a television documentary with the title: Vietnam, The Ten Thousand Day War (or 19-1/2 years, to be more precise). Just hearing that number in days and, even more appalling, the number of...
Our Most Precious Resource
I've been shaking my head a lot lately. I just don't understand. How does a person abduct and keep young girls hostage for a decade? A grown man. A former bus driver. What's happened to mankind? Seems to me that we're virtually speeding our way to hell in a...
We’re All in this Together or the Winter of Our Sequestration
This is it. The date that this thing kicks off. Or is it? Will it be like a whip crack or more like a slow burn? Who knows? I don't know but I do know this--you can't get blood out of a turnip. You might have heard of the old sci-fi movie, The Incredible Shrinking...
A True Valentine’s Day Gift
As I go about my daily activities, I have to shake my head when I think about the many instances of hatred/inconsideration/nastiness that I witness or experience on a given day. The co-worker who doesn't speak to you when they see you in the morning but doesn't...
Did You Think it Would be Like This?
I think that most of us that write consider ourselves to be creative types. Thinking of a topic to write about, proofreading it endlessly, submitting it to editors, agonizing over the content they want you to cut out or defending that which you think should remain in...
Happy Thanksgiving!
I don't have much to say except that I am very thankful for what I have. I hope you are, too. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
The Lesser of Two Evils
"But I don't like either one of them." Yeah? Well, pick the lesser of two evils. I already know who I will be voting for in the presidential election November 6 and I don't feel this way. However, for those of you who are undecided and tend to look at both candidates...
C’mon! Stop the Madness!
Ever since I saw the preview of the Dr. Phil show regarding the episode that featured George Zimmerman's friends (who shall remain nameless), I waited with anticipation. I attempted to keep an open mind. And then I watched it. I try to give people the benefit of the...
What the —-?
What is that age-old question? Why can't we be satisfied? Let's add another question to that -- why can't we live in this world with others? We in America live in what most people the world over would descibe as the finest country in the world as well as the...
Hey!
I'm new at this blogging thing so bear with me. My name is Pamela D. Beverly. I'm not a psychologist, psychiatrist, nor do I play one on TV although I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once. I don't profess to know everything. I'm just a student of human nature....