A part of our family just had a granddaughter come in from out of town for the holiday. Kayla is staying at Toni’s, her mother’s home. Kayla swung by Laretta’s home, who is her grandmother, and our sister, showing off herself and her brother’s baby to Laretta.  Nobody was wearing masks.
Laretta knows better, yet felt obligated not to say anything, because of her need to be a people pleaser.  She stated to us she would rather die, than risk losing the love and attention that her family currently gives to her, after many years of deprivation
Kayla returned to her mother’s home, who happens to be Trump supporter. Kayla’s partner, who did not accompany her on her trip to Toni’s home, just tested positive for COVID-19, and called to let Kayla know. Kayla and her mother Toni called mother/grandmother Laretta, crying while they revealed their horrible stupidity.
WELL, Kayla already exposed her family, and ALL may now be TOXIC..
She may as well as been wearing a suicide vest. Time will tell if it detonates.

The Thanksgiving dinner of over 15 family members has been cancelled, and rapid test kits have been ordered for everybody exposed.
L’aretta’s oldest son Lonny, also a fanatic Trump supporter, refuses to wear a mask during his Thanksgiving gatherings, so this family has a high potential for disease. Trump’s pandemic policies, or lack of them, combined with the ignorance and stupidity of many Americans, has led us into this dangerous territory
Trump politicized the pandemic, while underplaying its severity. His lemmings, and the rest of us, are now paying a horrible price for this treason.
“I intentionally downplayed the severity of the pandemic” —Donald Trump
It does not take childish fantasies with their irrational conspiracy theories to understand why Trump lost the election in a landslide to Biden.
THE TRUTH MATTERS, except to the children, and to the insane.
This post first appeared on Facebook.  Most of my writing on Facebook gets zero traction, and just ends up in its virtual morgue, until it reaches the graveyard of this blog site. I have been trained since birth to deal with this, so I am just fine.
We are hoping and praying that members of our family do not end up in the hospital, the morgue, and then in the grave, due to callous disregard of the reality of the pandemic. I am not just fine as I witness these unnecessary risks to health and continue life.
Don’t travel during the holidays, if it can be avoided. Always wear a mask. Keep a safe distance from others. Never occupy a room with poor ventilation with more than six people for longer than about 10 minutes. These are rules that should not be ignored, unless one does not love one’s own life, and the life of others..
Names have been changed, to protect the ignorant.
The conspiracy of silence always takes the unwary hostage.
The ransom payment is more than anybody can afford to pay.
Categories: Musings

Bruce

Presently, I am 67 years old, and I am learning how to live the life of a retired person. I am married to Sharon White, a retired hospice nurse, and writer. Whose Death Is It Anyway-A Hospice Nurse Remembers Sharon is a wonderful friend and life partner of nearly 30 years. We have three grandsons through two of Sharon's children. I am not a published writer or poet. My writings are part of my new life in retirement. I have recently created a blog, and I began filling it up with my writings on matters of recovery and spirituality. I saw that my blog contained enough material for a book, so that is now my new intention, to publish a book, if only so that my grandsons can get to know who their grandfather really was, once I am gone. The title for my first book will be: Penetrating The Conspiracy Of Silence, or, How I Lived Beyond My Expiration Date I have since written 7 more books, all of which are now posted on this site. I have no plans to publish any of them, as their material is not of general interest, and would not generate enough income to justify costs. I have taken a deep look at life, and written extensively about it from a unique and rarely communicated perspective. Some of my writing is from 2016 on to the present moment. Other writing covers the time prior to 1987 when I was a boy, then an addict and alcoholic, with my subsequent recovery experience, and search for "Truth". Others are about my more recent experiences around the subjects of death, dying, and transformation, and friends and family having the most challenging of life's experiences. There are also writings derived from my personal involvement with and insight into toxic masculinity, toxic religion, toxic capitalism, and all of their intersections with our leadere. These topics will not be a draw for all people, as such personal and/or cultural toxicities tends to get ignored, overlooked, or "normalized" by those with little time for insight, introspection, or interest in other people's points of view on these troubling issues. There also will be a couple of writings/musings about "GOD", but I try to limit that kind of verbal gymnastics, because it is like chasing a sunbeam with a flashlight. Yes, my books are non-fiction, and are not good reading for anybody seeking to escape and be entertained. Some of the writings are spiritual, philosophical and intellectual in nature, and some descend the depths into the darkest recesses of the human mind. I have included a full cross section of all of my thoughts and feelings. It is a classic "over-share", and I have no shame in doing so. A Master Teacher once spoke to me, and said "no teacher shall effect your salvation, you must work it out for yourself". "Follow new paths of consciousness by letting go of all of the mental concepts and controls of your past". This writing represents my personal work towards that ultimate end.