Faithful Friday 4-18
National Librarian Day
The book banners are out and about again, which makes today more important than ever. Today is National Librarian Day. It takes a LOT of education to become a librarian. In many places a Masters Degree is required! And the average salary of a librarian is only $60K- not much at all for the amount of education required. So you… Read more »
In Defense of the F Bomb
Swearing has been around as long as human language itself. When you stub your toe or hit your head on something even the most mild mannered person can utter a four letter word or two. For almost as long as there has been swearing there has been push back against it. Which of course only increased its popularity. Many people… Read more »
Faithful Friday 4-11
Demure? Not Me!
I’ve expressed my dislike with the whole “trad wife” social media trend before. You can read that here https://beckypalmer.me/?p=4969 if you missed it. I’m bringing this up again because I have recently started digging out some spring/ summer clothing and that includes a few skirts and dresses. Last year before AND after my vacation to Miami I amassed more of these… Read more »
Faithful Friday 4-4
Weed Out Hate Day
If there is a holiday we need in 2025 it’s this. It’s Weed Out Hate day. This is a new holiday first introduced in 2010 in Iowa of all places! It encouraged kids to get out and help pull weeds as a metaphor for removing hatred in their minds and hearts and it was created by Marc Daniels to honor… Read more »
You Don’t Need This
This is a statement you probably don’t expect from me. You don’t need full body deodorant. No one does. I don’t blame you if you expected I would be first in line for an all over deodorant product given my (potentially unhealthy) obsession with armpit (and foot) stink. But hear me out. For decades women were told that their nether… Read more »
Faithful Friday 3-29
March Madness (not that kind)
Yes of course the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is on while I’m writing this. But as much as I love the Big Dance, that’s not what I’m pontificating on today. Earlier this week US Senator Check Grassley, who has been in the Senate since 1981 and is approximately 279 years old, had a town hall in my town this past… Read more »