tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post5607226347264812639..comments2024-03-12T05:02:14.140-04:00Comments on MOUNTAIN MUSINGS: We Love LucyNCmountainwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-17225070085060180722015-06-22T10:19:54.732-04:002015-06-22T10:19:54.732-04:00Thanks for your comments, everyone.
Robin - So tr...Thanks for your comments, everyone.<br /><br />Robin - So true. Not enough change so far. We have a long way to go.<br /><br />Linthead - I totally agree. We do indeed have plenty of white terror and terrorists.<br /><br />Cheryl - I wonder that myself.<br /><br />Donna - Yes, it is interesting how some politicians have danced around the words "hate crime." They simply don't want to admit what it really is.<br /><br />Mrs. A - So far Lucy has not encountered a snake. I do hope she would back away from it.<br /><br />Lowcarb - Yes, our hearts do go out to those affected more directly.<br /><br />KB - Yes, baby steps would be a start. I cringe to think that it is now lawful to carry weapons into our State and National forests. I'm more fearful of idiots with guns than any animal we might encounter on the hiking trails.<br /><br />Bug - I've heard lots of stories of dogs playing with turtles like footballs. Thank goodness Lucy left this one alone.<br /><br />Troutbirder - I totally agree that the so-called media play a significant role in the violence in our country.<br /><br />Vicki - I agree. I was enraged to hear an NRA spokesman blame the pastor who banned guns from the church. The spokesman said that there would have been fewer deaths had someone in the prayer group had a gun. Just sickening.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-15795295856321107582015-06-21T17:13:23.165-04:002015-06-21T17:13:23.165-04:00"yet another in a continuing string." I ..."yet another in a continuing string." I could weep at the blindness and arrogance of those politicians who refuse to initiate or consider even the smallest steps toward gun control. And I can't begin to express my rage at the NRA and right wing media and the white supremacist organizations who fuel this madness.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-63464024816877618442015-06-21T09:26:41.040-04:002015-06-21T09:26:41.040-04:00The so called pundits on talk radio & Fox TV, ...The so called pundits on talk radio & Fox TV, twisting facts and using code words are to blame more than anything. They strengthen promote and inflame racist attitudes and fears among a significant minority of whites and cleverly absolve themselves of blame. On a similar note, Ian Paisley, had such an effect during the decades long violence in Northern Ireland....troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-1793987444670594082015-06-20T21:16:03.208-04:002015-06-20T21:16:03.208-04:00My aunt has a dog who brings her box turtles as gi...My aunt has a dog who brings her box turtles as gifts, which she then has to return to the woods around her home. I guess Lucy has more sense than Luka :)<br /><br />Yes, Charleston is so very very sad - and infuriating. I'm not sure that gun control is even the right conversation at this point - this was indoctrination into white supremacy. Sigh.The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-65586682429699156252015-06-20T20:45:02.620-04:002015-06-20T20:45:02.620-04:00Very cute photos of Lucy examining the turtle!!
I...Very cute photos of Lucy examining the turtle!!<br /><br />I agree - when oh when will the majority of our country learn that we need better gun control. I'm actually fairly extreme and would like unbelievably tight control (my views were triggered by a convicted felon who, contrary to the law that felons can't possess guns, had a gun and killed my dog years ago). But, I'd settle for baby steps if that's all that the country can handle.<br /><br />Another terrible tragedy...KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885661679762446456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-65601719295765335012015-06-20T19:12:18.008-04:002015-06-20T19:12:18.008-04:00Love the pictures of Lucy and the turtle ...
Your...Love the pictures of Lucy and the turtle ...<br /><br />Your last few paragraphs were a blessing to read and my thoughts are with all those who lost loved ones.<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-68422338429659176072015-06-20T15:24:46.683-04:002015-06-20T15:24:46.683-04:00I think it's amazing that Lucy had enough sens...I think it's amazing that Lucy had enough sense to observe and not to molest the turtle. They know more than we give them credit for.<br /><br />My animals have been my balm this past week. And reading good words like the ones in your post. The only comfort in this is that there are many, many good people just like you, who stand with all who grieve and all who work for a better future.<br />Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-47580992178112894232015-06-20T04:32:28.567-04:002015-06-20T04:32:28.567-04:00Not a thing wrong with Lucy being curious... but t...Not a thing wrong with Lucy being curious... but thank goodness it wasn't a snake!Ms. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263882972749791087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-30960338788877825852015-06-19T22:29:26.681-04:002015-06-19T22:29:26.681-04:00It is such a balm to come here and read your openi...It is such a balm to come here and read your opening account of Lucy and the turtle. Nice to have a sweet simple interchange to think about.<br />Oh, the latest mass shooting is awful.<br />When will we come to our senses? And the way in which some news reporters are trying to say--well, this wasn't a hate crime. Or this was an accident. Or this was an attack on Christians. We can't even be honest about what it was--pure and simple and evil hate--a crime against black people in general. The shooter had little sense of who the individual people were--he only saw a mass identity.<br />So so sad.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-60649383524369948112015-06-19T12:55:03.534-04:002015-06-19T12:55:03.534-04:00Dear sweet Lucy....I love the unfolding (gentle) d...Dear sweet Lucy....I love the unfolding (gentle) drama.......<br /><br />So very sad.....my heart goes out to those who lost loved ones.<br />Where on earth are we going ?Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802468583972118464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-58547940834009966052015-06-19T12:48:45.671-04:002015-06-19T12:48:45.671-04:00Awww...silly Lucy. At least you know what she was ...Awww...silly Lucy. At least you know what she was investigating this week! I cried all afternoon yesterday, and raged all evening. I am, sadly enough, an expert in white terror. I didn't set out to be, but the topic drew me in. I write about racial violence in post-emancipation Kentucky. I've come across numerous accounts of ministers being killed, as they were seen as leaders and organizers, and therefore dangerous. The beat-down goes on. To his credit, President Grant acted and waged war on the Klan, with the support of a Congress determined to secure equal protection under the law for African Americans. Sigh...145 years later, we still have white terror, and we still have not secured equal protection under the law. It is a crime against humanity itself, and we rightly continue to be ridiculed and condemned by other nations for our failure to confront our demons as a nation.Carolina Lintheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335905555994442416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-71133948646034750862015-06-19T11:47:29.506-04:002015-06-19T11:47:29.506-04:00It is so cute to see Lucy investigating that turtl...It is so cute to see Lucy investigating that turtle. Makes me wonder what her dog brain makes of such a creature.<br /><br />Reading Martin Luther King's quote reminds me of how much and how little things have changed in all these years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com