International Women's Day

"We may yet live to see the day when women will be no longer news!  And it cannot come too soon.  I want to be a peaceful, happy, normal human being, pursuing my unimpeded way through life, never having to stop to explain, defend, or apologize for my sex. . ."

~ Nellie McClung, Canadian author and womens' rights activist (1873 - 1951)

Source:  No Small Legacy, Carol L. Hancock, Wood Lake Books, 1986.

Wise Words and Music by Valdy *~

Give me the simple life
I need the simple life
Don't want to worry
'Bout tomorrow.

Live everyday completely
Love for the joy of loving
Then I will be happy.

Pretty cars and soft guitars
Round trip ticket to the stars
I'm living like a king
Inside a cage.

I don't want a giant bank account
Or a name folks like to rap about
Think I've had my fill
Please turn the page.

Just give me the simple life
I need the simple life
Don't want to worry
'Bout tomorrow.

* Paul Valdemar Horsdal, Canadian folk singer/song-writer. (b 1945)

Our hearts are breaking for Alison, Cody, Kyle, Ashlee, Jake, Randi, Brody and Maddi.  "When thinking of me,always remember...the awesome times we shared together." ~ R.I.P. Mark Andrew Harvie