Hanoi Jane and QVC

Link to her blog: http://janefonda.com/qvc-cancelled-my-appearance/ Summary: She wrote on her blog that QVC cancelled her appearance for fear of protestors gathering due to her opposition to the Vietnam War. She claims that, “I have never done anything to hurt my country or the men and women who have fought and continue to fight for us.”

Night shift

I remember the VA nurses, usually kind and sincere unlike the doctors who blew through the room and seemed to scoff at questions.  Who would have the audacity to speak in the presence of the almighty doctor?  In 2006, when my dad spent a length of time at the VA hospital, the night staff would … More Night shift

Sometime in 2006

Driving back and forth from where I was staying to my dad’s nursing home, I would alternate my route, sometimes to avoid the interstate, other times because I enjoyed driving through the country towns and the open expanse of fields.  I had another long day getting my dad settled into the nursing home.  He wasn’t … More Sometime in 2006