I love Autumn

Last Autumn I was in North Carolina, enjoying the colors. With the coming harvest comes death, but right before this is the beauty of Autumn. Reds, yellows, and amazing oranges can be seen all over. Living in the deserts of Arizona for 5 years I began to miss the Autumn and drive up north into the mountains where we could see the colors. However, last year was a reuniting with my love of this time of year, however its length in time is always too short, but what keeps us happy about it, is knowing that next year, we can reach out and feel it again, if we choose to be where it is possible to see, smell, and feel the beauty of the changing season.

This was North Carolina...

Now onto glorious Michigan, seen in the picture at the bottom of this post.
My camera was broken unfortunately for this odd fall back to my home state. I missed out on taking breathtaking pictures of the colors, but I want to emphasize again, that the orange colors seem to stay, and be the last ones, when all the other colors have turned to brown and death...

Another beautiful thing about this time of year is the cider mills, orchards, donuts, Halloween, and many other festivals that have come and gone this year in a whirlwind of craziness. I will post more on this subject, maybe in more detail about the "events", with pictures from such events. Seeing Sofia begin to appreciate these things as a child, not just a baby, is very exciting for me and my future seasons with her.
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Autumn wins you best by this its mute
Appeal to sympathy for its decay.
- Robert Browning

Remember Remember the 5th of November

Yay for standing up for what is right. This is what makes being political important. Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

Healthcare

I am pleased to have healthcare right now. I always had great coverage and hadn't been covered for the past 6 months or so, so now I am really happy! This is one stressful thing to check off my list. I always thought everyone should be covered, even when I was working a great job with wonderful benefits. Now, I don't pay for my insurance, except through taxes. However, once I get back on a normal plan, meaning through a job that offers it again, and I am letting the big insurance industry control everything, I won't end the fight to get coverage for everyone. So, those of you who voted for all these conservatives, please keep in mind that they might try to get rid of the new Healthcare plan, which is a plan that only holds a fraction of why we need it. It already costs to cover the uninsured, and this way we will have people who were once denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions to have the coverage they need. Look, I would pay for a plan, but when you work somewhere that doesn't offer it, like if you are a contract worker, the costs are usually unaffordable.
If everyone who wasn't covered was in a pool, and could have a better rate because of it, that would be the best AND I don't see how "the right" could complain because then it wouldn't be "universal health", however I would LOVE to have some Canadian coverage for everyone!

Really? Why I shouldn't be surprised

Usually I dig listening to the discussions on CNN, heck I even watch Fox sometimes just so I can explain why I think it is so vile, to people like my cousin, who think it is the only true new source. Fact is, tonight I am just annoyed. There is the big analysis of "what is going to happen" or "HOW did this happen"? Was it Obama's fault? No. Did Congress sit back, and not get aggressive enough over Healthcare or other issues? Maybe. What if they had been more aggressive? Would this have helped? Maybe. However, it appears that every time there is an election, if things are not great, then well, the other party takes control. It happened under Clinton, under Bush...now Obama. This is a problem with the two party system. People give up, by into the stupid marketing, and switch sides. Some of us do not, but some people really have no clue what is going on, or what they really stand for, because how can you vote for Obama and then vote for someone like Rick Snyder?? Really?? How about Rand Paul in Kentucky. So, tonight, I am just bored. It is all too predictable.