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    Solar users, beware! You are the enemy

    When a business’s sales figures drop on the graph, a savvy business owner seeks ways to reverse the downward trend. As a self employed person and/or business… Read more “Solar users, beware! You are the enemy”

    April 22, 2014June 13, 2015 by Charmaine Coimbra

    The Contrast & Dismay Of Gay Rights and Law

    This post is also featured in the SLO New Times Billy, a smart and handsome 30-something young man, and I cozied-up over a delightful glass of a… Read more “The Contrast & Dismay Of Gay Rights and Law”

    February 24, 2014September 28, 2014 by Charmaine Coimbra

    Happy Dancing and Listenting to the Pontiff’s Words

    Yes, I am cherry picking words from the recently published Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis. I can’t slow dance with every statement in the document–I guess I’m too… Read more “Happy Dancing and Listenting to the Pontiff’s Words”

    November 27, 2013 by Charmaine Coimbra

    Fulfilled Dreams and Loss–A Fifty Year Memory

    A landmark birthday nears and I’m not as ambivalent as  with other landmark birthdays: 40, 50, and 60.  Reflection is like a mirror that won’t break and… Read more “Fulfilled Dreams and Loss–A Fifty Year Memory”

    November 22, 2013November 22, 2013 by Charmaine Coimbra

    “Would You Sleep With a Black Man?” — Thoughts On Racism

    Passionate and powerful writers lay their words on cyber paper about the state of racism in America today.  Some scribe and speak (lightly veiled) disgust towards the… Read more ““Would You Sleep With a Black Man?” — Thoughts On Racism”

    August 29, 2013 by Charmaine Coimbra

    Hungry For The Warrior Woman

    Also seen in SLO New Times & Santa Maria Sun On an August afternoon 36 years ago, my world flipped upside down.  I was 27 years old, mother… Read more “Hungry For The Warrior Woman”

    August 19, 2013March 6, 2018 by Charmaine Coimbra

    Breathe in Peace. Exhale Peace.

    As if Al Gore just farted in public, the blogosphere gassed-up a regressive debate about NOAA’s reported Co2 397.35 ppm reading at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. To me, this denial is akin to my personal denial of why I can no longer squeeze into a size 8 jean

    May 8, 2013August 22, 2014 by Charmaine Coimbra

    Am I Attractive Enough to Run for Political Office?

    Perhaps by this post’s end, the answer to my question, “Am I good-looking enough to run for a political office?” will find an answer.  You see, I’m… Read more “Am I Attractive Enough to Run for Political Office?”

    April 9, 2013April 9, 2013 by Charmaine Coimbra

    If I Were Gay, Would I Be Equal To Others?

    I’ve been thinking about being gay. I’ve been thinking about what if the absolute love of my life was a woman. I’ve been thinking about gay/lesbian couples… Read more “If I Were Gay, Would I Be Equal To Others?”

    March 26, 2013 by Charmaine Coimbra

    Guns and Lilies

    A rambunctious passion fruit vine overcompensates itself in a portion of my garden.  A few under planted white calla lilies collide with the ravenous vine.  But the… Read more “Guns and Lilies”

    March 11, 2013 by Charmaine Coimbra

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