Gabby Petito

I have been following the story of the late Gabby Petito in the news. It is an amazing story. It seems almost movie-like in that the situation and how it unfolded appears to have been made in Hollywood.

The fiance is still at large and they have not been able to find him in the week they have been searching for him. It is bizarre story and I guess that is why I am just writing about it in a stream-of-consciousness manner.

I will continue to follow it closely. One key takeaway from this sad story is that what we see on social media is not always reality.

                                                                                ***

The Wounded Male

I've been looking through a book I got years back, The Wounded Male, by Steven Farmer. It's an easy-to-read book about how most men have a lot of emotional pain that they are carrying and how being a part of a men's group can aid in the healing.

The book came out about 20 years ago and I think it was ahead of its time, even though that was the time men's groups were beginning to take off in society.

Though the book does not have references to back up its statements, it seems nonetheless to have a lot of common-sense behind it that I think would be backed by many scientific studies.

                                                                           ***

Hurricane Ida (Again)

Hurricane Ida, at least in my neck of the woods, did a good bit of damage. If I needed more convincing of the reality of climate change, I think I got it.

And I think others are getting it. When something begins to hit the pocketbooks of Americans, they take notice. To hell with ideology.

                                                                                 ***