Kari needs care and attention and if you really love her you will see her reach out and touch you.

Kari needs to rise the occasion and overcome what ever gets in her way.

Kari needs to be solid

Spring song that runs light
The rain means winter is silent
Flower buds and butterflies
Music that wets the tongue

What to say on a rainy day. . .

I got my garden in today. Mostly. Some of the plants I started inside aren't ready to be put out yet.

I love my garden. It's small, but it does the trick and it's manageable (and requires no tilling). My little 4x4 wooden frame and four tires are all it takes. I'll be bursting with cucumbers, radishes, mesclun, carrots, rhubarb, beans, peas, green onions, chives, eggplant, and tomatoes in no time. It's like giving birth without the pain. Sort of. Hah!

WOODBURN, Indiana (AP) -- A high school teacher, who faced losing her job after a student newspaper published an editorial advocating tolerance of gays, can continue teaching at another school.

Amy Sorrell, 30, reached an agreement that allows her to be transferred to another high school to teach English, said her attorney, Patrick Proctor.

"The school administration has said in no uncertain terms that she's not going to be given a journalism position," Proctor said.

Sorrell, who had been an English and journalism instructor at Woodlan Junior-Senior High School, was placed on paid leave March 19, two months after an editorial advocating tolerance of homosexuals ran in Woodlan's student newspaper, The Tomahawk. Sorrell had been the newspaper's adviser.

School officials in the conservative northern Indiana community about 10 miles east of Fort Wayne said Sorrell did not comply with an agreement to alert the principal about controversial [?] articles.

The agreement she signed includes a written reprimand that says she neglected her duties as a teacher and was insubordinate in refusing to obey school officials' orders.

Sorrell said she is "very proud" of Megan Chase, the student who wrote the editorial calling for tolerance and acceptance of gays, and the Tomahawk's other writers and editors. But she said she could not financially afford to fight the school district over her discipline.

April 28 is "Take Back the Blog" day, to be hosted by Crablaw.

As announced, this page will host the April 28, 2007 Take Back the Blog! Blogswarm in support of the rights of women to participate fully in all aspects of our society, including specifically online in the world of blogging but indeed everywhere and at all times, day and night, without fear of harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment, online stalking and slander, predation or violence of any sort. This page will be modified without notice during the next several weeks to accommodate the incoming structure and content for this Blogswarm...

Hmm...yeah, well ya see...

So I've spent most of my free time today reading. I've read books, blogs, magazines, and old letters and I feel like a nincompoop. I feel embarrassed and sad and just plain not worthy. Who am I and what have I been doing all these years? Why do I still just sit on my rump? Grow an ovary (I can say that now) and get your ass out there and meet people. Network. Learn. Engage.

Today - Lame fun.

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So I was skimming over news headlines on various news outlets and found one which was interesting from Yahoo news.

"NH Lawmakers approve civil unions"

So I click and begin reading the story - it's good. You know, where finally there is some headway into the possibility of equal rights in another state, but like any good news source, you have to put in the opposing viewpoint. What I don't get is why the opposition thinks comments like, "We don't let blind people drive or felons vote, all for good and obvious reasons," even come close to making an equal comparison.

Anyway - here's a link to the story so you can read for yourself. This is all I have time for today.

What a time.

A list of little things which seem - connected and significant to me (of course, it could just be the percocet).

1. I had an ovary removed.
2. My family is comprised almost entirely of women - most of whom were present for the egg pod removal.
3. Earth Day
4. Waning moon
5. I got my period on a Monday (moon day).

Today we start new.

Again a long time has passed since my last post. I'm not going to regale you with any tales of what's happened since Oct. 2005. It doesn't matter. Today, Loopy has sprouted wing buds and while my wings grow I shall push through patriarchy, oligarchy, and all forms of oppression to open my eyes and hopefully the eyes of those around me.