Peace Reigns in Colorado

Community & Activism, Culture, Oddly Enough, Politics, Religion

My brother Carl sent me this update. Go, Pagosa Springs!

Here’s a quote from the above article that made me happy: “In any case, there are now more peace symbols in Pagosa Springs, a town of 1,700 people 200 miles southwest of Denver, than probably ever in its history.

On Tuesday morning, 20 people marched through the center carrying peace signs and then stomped a giant peace sign in the snow perhaps 300 feet across on a soccer field, where it could be easily seen.”

If you can’t use a NY Times link, here’s another.

Finished!

Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing

Look at me.  I’ve got that yellow tape across my chest from bursting through the finish line.  My story’s not quite done, but the NaNoWriMo folks don’t care:  I hit 50,000 words and they gave me this keen icon.  Wasn’t that nice?

Now, to finish the story and find a nice dark drawer to put it in for the next year, or maybe ten…

Karen Won NaNoWriMo!

apparently “peace on earth” is right out

Holiday! Celebrate!, Oddly Enough, Religion, You have got to be kidding

I’m trying really hard, but I don’t have a response to this:

A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.

There’s more info (but no more clarity) at the Yahoo News article. I see that it’s all about the HOA exercising their power, but WTF?

UPDATE, via Wil Wheaton dot Net: It looks like HOA board has apologized and “called the incident a misunderstanding.”  Uh-huh.  I hope the misunderstander gets punished appropriately.