Vote to create the future and keep democracy working. It happens person by person.

Every one of us needs to know our human rights. We need to insist that they are taught and applied.

But what may truly kill us is that we are so tired, bored and exasperated that we start to refuse to wear masks, and keep our distances from one another. "Social distancing" is a sort of oxymoron.

It is perfect weather for the beach, but we must get to work!

This is where an education in human rights can be of great value. This can help unmake a victim, by giving them the information that they are important as a person, and that they have specific rights.

War of any kind is not an answer. Warfare of the mind and spirit is the worst of all. This includes ideological assaults and the physical assaults of racism.

On October 15, 2020, at 4:00 pm, the first Democracy and Human Rights Congress in the Americas 2020 will be broadcast live on Facebook, Zoom, GoToMeeting and Instagram.

Again the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office  staged a sting operation and arrested 22 people for human trafficking, sexual predation.

Celebration is asserting itself in my neighborhood.

What you say and what you do affects others. They also affect you.

The Annual Human Trafficking Congress was held via Zoom this year. It confronted the situation of sexual trafficking that the Super Bowl presents. The Super Bowl is slated to be held in Tampa in just a few months.

Live performance is wonderful for the mind and spirit after being in lockdown form Coronavirus.

This is about a kind of human trafficking that is often overlooked as such, as it involves theft more often than it involves sales.

On October 15, 2020, at 4:00 pm, the first Democracy and Human Rights Congress in the Americas 2020 will be broadcast live on facebbok, Zoom, gotomeeting and Instagram.

On top of this desire for coziness and fellowship, in the US, we have a divisiveness that seeps around the edges of friendliness.

Still, we might want to continue to act for the good of our neighbors and friends and wear a mask if we have symptoms of any kind

The United States is in the middle of the most contentious political season of recent times. Both sides believe in their hearts that they are right.

Flu season raises fears that Coronavirus may become more deadly again

Each nation, each ethnicity, needs to experience safety and freedom in order to quit fighting.

September 21 is the International Day of Peace named by the United Nations for Tolerance and Peace; it is a ceasefire in all the countries of the world.

Life is so much easier when we include one another in our circles of responsibility.

Maybe we should match our masks and gloves to our shoes and purses....

These days everyone throws around phrases having to do with the rights of human beings. People tend to take up sides as if someone must lose for them to win.

Masks can be playful, and help in more ways than one. Just another way of considering how our actions affect others.

Masks, gloves and social distancing do not a hot date make.

The sky is orange in San Francisco. It is raining ash. This comes as Coronavirus still has us all in masks and being "sensible" means we cannot hug our friends.

This is a prayer. Today is 9/11. It has been 19 years since the Twin Towers were taken down in Manhattan and the Pentagon was attacked inside the Capital Beltway.

Happiness is sometimes as simple as a smile shared, or an adventure afoot. It multiplies as it is shared.

It always seems to be a struggle to create a balance between personal liberty or freedom and the freedoms and safety of others.

Being industrious can bring joy and unexpected kinds of prosperity, like pickled beans and cucumbers.

Even with Coronavirus, it is important that we recognize the work we put into the world.

Smiles are contagious. Coronavirus is contageous. Ah, the irony. Masks that keep one safer from Coronavirus hide smiles. Sigh.

Practice is part of the creating. It has joy and art of its own.

Whatever happened to competent leaders? We did have some, didn't we?

This is still the weirdest year on record, as everyone keeps saying, Coronavirus times are odd times. What extremes of designs for masks can we come up with?

Masks. Gloves. Six feet/One meter distant. Wash your hands often. Don't touch your face. Above all, DO NOT BE AFRAID . You can control your response to this Coronavirus.

What is safety? Is it different for the near term than farther in the future? The actions we take now craft what our life will look like later. Right now I am thinking of schools and how we learn and what we learn.

Human Rights. How simple that seems. The essence of the concept is stated in every philosophy, culture and religion on the planet.

Despite all the adversity and all the state ordinances to handle these imposed health protocols, placed to create a safe environment during the Coronavirus pandemic.

People prepare their Basic Survival Kit, in case a hurricane passes and a state of emergency is declared causing an entire area to be sent to evacuation shelters for the protection of citizens.

I recently discovered and thanks to being forced to rest because of being locked up in the Coronavirus quarantine that I had to take care of myself, lose weight, eat, better, sleep, exercise well.

Something curious, I was aware of fictitious accounts on social networks, so I already knew that there are fictitious accounts.

As we continue to move forward into the seasons of Coronavirus we are evolving new ways to be together that are becoming real for all of us

Just when all seems to be going well, there is a surge in the Coronavirus, and this time, I have it.

How long will it take for outbreaks to stop sweeping over our lands? Is the New Normal really going to become, well, just normal?

Impending storms bring beauty and danger, sometimes true devastation. During the time of Coronavirus, preparation takes on greater importance.

Our bodies need our help. We must eat well and drink plenty of clean water to support our immune system.

Being essential, he was never locked down. We do need to acknowledge these individuals, and when we can, pay them a little more. Consider it hazard pay.

The fact of knowing that you can be exposed to a problem so small that you cannot even see it, but it can change your lifestyle or work rhythm in a few seconds, makes you reflect and try to maintain a cleaning and hygiene protocol all the time.

The struggle between totalitarian dominance and slavery versus human rights has been a long one in Western Culture.