The Women of the Internet

We are the women of the Internet. We come in all shapes and sizes; different ages and backgrounds; different races and religions; and varying degrees of education. We are daughters and sisters; wives and mothers; lovers, aunts, and grandmothers.

We work at home taking care of our families, and we work outside the home juggling jobs and home responsibilities. We are retired or we are looking for employment. We are unique in our own quirky ways.

The common denominator for us all is that we were brought together by the Internet. Some of us have met in person; some plan to meet in the future; and some will never meet. We have chatted on blogs, in PM boxes, sent text messages and emails, and sometimes we chat on the phone.

We have been supportive and loving; jealous and bitchy; and comforting and caring. Let’s face it, we all have gossiped and enjoyed a bit of drama now and then.

I often wonder what it would be like to get together with the women we know from the Internet, all at one time, at a luncheon or a dinner party or a spa for the weekend, and I wonder how we would treat each other. I would like to believe that we would get along really well, and we would treat each other with dignity and respect.

After all, we would be meeting for the very first time, allowing others to invade our three feet of comfort space, talking and laughing and crying … having a wonderful time getting to know each other up close and personal.

There is something to be said for the women of the Internet … good, bad, or indifferent … we are special.

© Catherine Evermore. All rights reserved.

Just Be Yourself

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
~ Oscar Wilde

I love my family. For the most part, we agree on just about everything. However, when it comes to politics, we are at opposite ends of the conversation. I’m a conservative; they are not.

Politics has been a part of my life ever since I was 18 years old (long before I could vote).  During my first year of college, I joined the Young Republicans, took a Political Science course, campaigned for a senator in the state where I was going to school, and that was the beginning of my involvement with politics.

Back home, I continued to volunteer for local, state and federal candidates. Because some of those running for office were personal friends of mine who just happened to be Democrats, I helped them, too, but only because back then there were very few Republicans running for local and state offices. We all got along just fine, and we all had great fun campaigning together.

Recently, there was an argument within my family about the current condition of our country. I’m not going to change their minds, and they are not going to change mine. So, I’ve made my family aware that while I’m not going to shove information down their throats, I’m not going to be silent, either.

We can talk about the weather or our favorite TV shows or what to have for dinner or a thousand other things, and that will be all good and well. But, if one of them dares to open the political door and mention the forbidden then I’m going to delicately pounce back.

That’s just how I roll, so to speak, and it’s not going to change.

I guess that’s all I have to say.

Oh, about this website. I’m still in the “thinking” stages of what to keep and what to remove. A few posts have been taken down, but for the most part I might be done deleting and could add a few back to the site.

We shall see …

© Catherine Evermore. All rights reserved.

Barrel House Blues
by Albert Cummings

Coach Del Rio and the Washington Commanders (Redskins)

We once had a coach … a good man … named Jack Del Rio. He coached the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2003-2011 until he went the way of so many of our coaches. He was fired.

Coach Del Rio, who now coaches the Washington Commanders (Redskins), has been fined $100,000.00 for comments he made about January 6, 2021.  

Did he slander his team? NO.
Did he complain about the owner? NO.
Did he bitch about the head coach? NO.
Did he point out the team sucks? NO.

This is Coach Del Rio’s crime: The Washington Commanders have fined defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio $100,000 after his comments earlier in the week that referred to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol as a “dustup” and compared that day to “riots, looting, burning” during protests in the summer of 2020.

Coach Del Rio exercised his right to free speech. For this he is being punished. For this he had to apologize.

I’m done. ~CE