A poem — Rain, rain won’t go away, And will be back another day. Our roof has large leaks galore, Especially when the heavens pour. Its great big heart out To give us more Moisture, The soil a drink, The lakes to restore, Levels of their normal reserves. That’s all well and good, …

My own tale, I will regale — Many years ago, my husband — at the time — was transferred to Quanah, Texas, population of over 4,550, by his company Georgia Pacific, to work his way up to a plant manager’s position. That meant the move was a temporary one of about three years. …

Pondering past lives and love affairs through many centuries — My friend, Cassondra, was tall and slender yet not a beauty, with her thin lips and high cheekbones that didn’t quite go with her aquiline nose. Although she had lovely brown eyes and a genuinely happy smile, her greatest feature was her long, thick, black hair. It cascaded down her…

The simplest answer I found and the questions I still have — As I continued my research in order to glean a more definitive answer for the differences between a cult and a religion, I began to look at the topic in a different frame of mind. …

Travel stories — Chet and I drove into Boise City, Oklahoma, population of 1,142, yesterday afternoon with plenty of time to nap and have a nice happy hour. However, finding a campground, which showed many on the google map, turned out to be difficult. …

A poem — My favorite time is early morn, In the hot tub before starlight fades. The half-moon is shining bright, As I lay back to gaze. I see a satellite pass by the moon, And soon the brightness showed, A meteor shooting past, Its long tail and embers glowed. My gasp had…

Through research, I came to realize that there are some really fucked-up people in this world — The siege had begun at Mount Carmel — the Branch Davidian’s headquarters — with four ATF agents and six Davidians killed, after which a ceasefire was negotiated. An arbitrator, in contact with David Koresh, asked for Koresh’s cooperation in releasing the children inside the building. Koresh told the arbitrator that…

What I learned from researching Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple and David Koresh and the Branch Davidians — There aren’t many people who have not heard of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple and his horrifying execution of over 900 followers that came in the guise of a mass suicide. How could that have happened? How could anyone have that kind of power over such a large mass…

What I learned from researching the Rajneeshees — If you missed reading part one, go back and read it here. Or carry on… The exact definition of ‘cult’ seemed a bit nebulous, when I researched the term because opinions varied. One definition claimed that a cult was: having a charismatic leader, self-appointed, who required devoted followers to obey…