Comments on: Rumblings

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:08:56 +0000

Update: a wish come true: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/retail/2018/03/19/kroger-stops-selling-magazines-featuring-assault-rifles/437289002/

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 04:28:34 +0000

Thank you Bry–I SO appreciate your support for sticking to my own impression about the earthquake, and I thank you for sharing some of your thoughts about the complexity of parenting and the huge problem we have with gun violence and other kinds of violence. You made me laugh about your comment being a “mini-blog”–it’s okay–these are profound issues, and you had a lot to say! Glad to know you are reading and caring about all of this!

By: Bry

Bry — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 02:11:50 +0000

Hi Maria, I’m new to your blog, (but enjoying it quite a bit so far!). I like how you stuck to your feelings about the earthquake even when it defied the beliefs of others.. I’ve learned the hard way that even when my feelings don’t ‘make sense’, there is always a reason. If I stick with them, I am always glad I did, even if the reason is not revealed until much later, but inevitably it happens.
As for the second part of your story, I am with in that it is truly horrifying. But it’s more than just guns, it is SEVERAL types of violence that are apparently ‘okay,’ many of the participants being mere babes, with the targets being elders, and other people who for various reasons should be respected for who they are and what they do!
I am former childcare worker in what were considered several ‘high-end’, day-cares, and even briefly worked as a private nanny. How scared and outraged I became when I began to witness the negative result on the children of people who are ‘too busy doing other things,’ to actually be the kind of parent their child needs, or many people, who in my opinion, have no business having children at all! It is certainly a predicament as their catastrophe of parenting eventually get’s dumped onto the rest of us.. often with seemingly very little we can do.
I have put off having children in my own life thus far because I knew I wasn’t ready. Because I knew I couldn’t really provide for them the kind of nurturing, the example, or the upbringing they would really need to be savvy, pure-hearted, courageous, and good people in this world. But most people today don’t seem to think anything of it. They don’t seem to understand that they are taking on another life, and that their failure or success in that has SERIOUS consequences!
Well, this is my first comment ever, (and it’s supposed to be a comment, not my own mini-blog! :P) But I will say that despite the chaos, I believe there is hope, but it is certainly going to depend on us ‘sane’ ones sticking together, and being strong… together.

Thanks for sharing! <3

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:18:51 +0000

And now another school masacre…..

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:42:03 +0000

Dear Angela, Thank you for sharing your experience and feelings about this important topic here, I really appreciate it. Yes, tragically, I have noticed a huge difference towards firearms in the US in my lifetime. It was always there, but the power of the NRA lobby and the fomenting of fear of the “other” has brought out the worst in people. We have a long way to go to heal it.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:50:30 +0000

When we came to Australia from England I was horrified when I discovered that my husband had to carry a gun for work – he was working in security and collecting takings from race courses. I was quite niave then; during my growing up years my dad had been a “bobby” and they certainly didn’t carry guns.

I don’t understand the want or need for guns or the urge to go hunting. Guns are made for one thing – to kill or maim – why would anyone ever want to do that? The thought of guns just terrifies me too.

Have you noticed a huge difference in the attitude towards firearms (across the board) in your lifetime Maria (in US)? Too many innocent people murdered by shooting with guns and for what?

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 06:03:42 +0000

Thanks Peggy–I appreciate what you are saying here. I have to admit that I might not be prepared to field an answer to that question, like the friend of a friend I mentioned in the post who did so outside the gun shop. I have certainly read about “why” before and the reasons are often as scary and mind and heart-boggling to me as the guns themselves. That’s my limitation at the moment. But I think it is a good question. Let me know what you learn if you ever ask it, and I will do the same. xo

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:56:49 +0000

Thank you, Gloria, for your kind words and your thoughts on this phenomenon. I’m glad you liked the description of the lights on the boats!

By: Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:56:11 +0000

Very thought provoking today. I think the gun situation in this country is Very scary. I hate the idea of people carrying in schools, the workplace and the stores. It seems people “rage” far to quickly. I probably wouldn’t even notice if someone were buying a gun magazine. I like your description of the lights on the crab boats and your memory picture of it.

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 02:36:02 +0000

Hi Lee, Thank you for kind words about writing and pastels. And I’m with you–I don’t understand it either. xo