Shipwrecked & Comatose

I need to occasionally to break up the seriousness of my political posts with fun stuff about fluffy topics, and one of them is personal style. My fashion posts tend to be about cleaning my closet, learning my best looks, and defining my own style. Today I want to talk about putting those concepts to work. I spent a lot of time in the past few years reading and listening to the personal style experts. I learned how to create a wardrobe that makes me happy. I know what shapes and styles and colors flatter me. I know more about how to make my clothes work for me and work with each other. I can walk into my closet and wonder what to wear - not because I have "nothing to wear" but because I like everything in my wardrobe. I have too many good choices and endless outfit options. I define my style in a few words: feminine, tailored, playful. Everything I own reflects that. This past weekend Kevin and I went out to the opera and I wanted to wear something special. As I planned my ou...

The news story of the month is the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.  The buzz on social media is trying to paint the picture of why. The bullet casings were inscribed with the words deny, delay, depose. That is the strategy insurance companies employ to avoid covering health costs. Many Americans are fed up with the state of healthcare in the US, and Luigi Mangione decided he wasn't going to take it anymore. The CEO of the largest insurance provider in the country was going to pay the price for everyone who was denied healthcare and died, or went bankrupt due to denial of coverage.  While I never had any major health crises with medical bills that caused a financial meltdown, my finances have been unpleasantly altered by illness and injuries throughout my medical history. I understand the frustration. The bills for my broken collarbone this year caused me to deplete my savings, and I am still paying off the hospital bill for my surgery. I only started saving aga...