While picking up a book after an LWVRA program at the Roseville branch of the Ramsey County Library, I spent a few minutes reading the two part messages posted on several tall wire frame display racks. Perhaps you saw this display, too. The messages were both touching and demoralizing.

How do you feel about laundry? It may seem a bit silly, but I can’t do laundry without feeling lucky. The many historical novels I read in my youth made a great impression on me. I feel grateful that I do not have to haul water, heat water, make soap, scrub on a washboard, or even feed things through a wringer as I sometimes did as a child before hanging things on the line. No, I just toss things in the washing machine with magic cleaning agents and then toss most of them into the drier. Hardly anything even needs to be ironed! And when new socks are cheap, who mends much?

Everybody has a story, a story with many branches. Sometimes another person’s storyline parallels our own closely enough that we can easily relate to the twists and turns, detours and redirections that it follows. Other times a life wanders into unfamiliar territory and it is so easy to judge or misinterpret.

"A place to call home and three square meals a day. That’s not much to ask for."  To read Florence Sprague's thoughtful piece about food insecurity, click here.

“We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.”  Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California and past mayor of San Francisco

Windows and Mirrors for All

Seesaw

By Florence Sprague

What Goes Around…

By Florence Sprague

 What goes around, comes around, they say. In the case of the ERA, I hope that in this iteration the outcome is different.

 Yes, people are talking about the Equal Rights Amendment again. We still need a law to guarantee equal treatment to women. As more than half of the population, you might not think that this would be necessary, but sadly, it is.

To read the Windows and Mirrors for All column by Florence Sprague first published in November 2016, click here.

To read the Windows and Mirrors for All column written by Florence Sprague and published in February 2017 click here.

To view the Windows and Mirrors for All column by Florence Sprague published in January 2017, click here.