Her name has been on all our tongues. And boy does she have an amazing history! Plus, she lived to be 108!!!!
Tuesday: A day to get acquainted with an amazing woman.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday: Crimson Quillfeather alternating with ZenTrainer
Tuesday: ejoanna
Wednesday: Pam from Calif
Thursday: art ah zen
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday: Gwennedd
Sunday: loggersbrat
This amazing woman is much better known in Florida, especially to those who love the natural environment. Born in 1890. She basically saved the Florida Everglades from drainage and development. She was a pioneering journalist and a prolific writer. She was a charter member of the first chapter of the ACLU in the 1950s South. She championed better public health measures, urban planning, and labor rights. And she “appeared” in a long ago episode of “The Simpsons” as Lisa’s women’s suffrage heroine.
It’s Majory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998!!!!!) Yes, the woman they named the Parkland High School after. I finally HAD to know who this woman was. I kept gasping as I read her amazing life story! I have absolutely no doubt that sh’e be marching with the gun control advocates—and those truly inspiring students from her eponymous high school.
Get acquainted with Ms. Douglas.
PS We got some rain overnight. Not a lot, but the first in a month. In the middle of our “rainy season.”