The Burrow

We've lost too many this year, although I seem to say that more frequently as the years go on.  I"ve spent the weekend trying not to cry.  I refuse to allow thoughts of this Senate replacing her to creep into my grief.  They don't deserve a place at this table.   In keeping with the tradition of bringing sweets to the mourners, a reminder of happy times past and those to come, I'm sharing a sweet memory from two years ago : As she grows up, FlapJilly's reading more grown up books.    I Dissent .  the picture book biography of RBG, is part of her permanent night time roster.  We've talked about strength and power and being in charge, whether you are a superhero or a Supreme Court Justice.  She knows that she can grow up and be one, too. That's the background to the joy Little Cuter felt when, on an adventure to Barnes and Opal last Saturday, her daughter took off, flying across the store.  She caught up with her at an end cap.  ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.... Notorious RBG.... Cornellian.... Supreme Court Justice.... and, according to the presumptive Republican nominee, a woman whose mind is shot . Hillary Rodham Clinton.... Democratic nominee (no one seems to feel the need to include presumptive).... Wellesley and Yale alumna....  Secretary of State, First Lady, Senator... and the woman whose Google search with her name and shrill  brings up 281,000 results. What is wrong with these females, anyhow?  Why can't they keep their opinions to themselves?  Did they never learn manners? I am so fed up with this line of argument.  I find myself screeching at my car radio.  I really thought we were past this. If shrill doesn't define Donald Trump, I don't know what does, but words like bluster and pompous are used to describe him.  Shrill is a girl word  in the way that Mr. 13 explained that " slut can't be for a boy, Mom, because it's a girl word."   Perhaps a female pr...