Category Archives: violence

Those Wacky Presidents

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

After a friend read, I can name all the U.S. Presidents, he demanded to know how, so I told him. Boy, was he sorry. Washington, the first, is a no-brainer. John Adams the 2nd, Thomas Jefferson, author of The Declaration … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, humanity, humor, internet, Politics, travel, violence, war, words, writing | Tagged American History, Donald Trump, US Presidents | 27 Comments

What’s Wrong With Me Ed?

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

I’m a Bobby Kennedy fan. I even have his picture in a nice, silver frame on my window sill, so it’s not unusual for me to be reading about him still again, as in, Robert Kennedy, a Memoir, by Jack … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Faith, grace, History, humanity, media, Politics, readng, violence, words, writing | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bobby Kennedy, Ken Burns filmmaker, RFK A Memoir Jack Newfield, The Ambassador Hotel LA California | 11 Comments

Marathon Weekend 2017

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

One can’t help but to think of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, when New York’s annual Marathon takes place this coming Sunday. It’s like runner’s roulette…where three thousand or more are gathered. Yet the crowds come, runners assemble, ignoring … Continue reading →

Posted in grace, Health, Home, humanity, New York City, violence, words | Tagged 8 people dead New York City 10/31, Boston Marathon 2013, New York City Marathon 2017, Remembering September 11, terrorism | 18 Comments

Harvey’s Chicks Come Home To Roost

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

The papers are filled with producer, Harvey Weinstein’s, inappropriate behavior with just about every actress in Hollywood short of Lassie, though she may bark today. The legendary casting couch, has never been so featured. Seems daily, someone new joins the … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecticut, men, modeling, music, New York City, sex, violence | Tagged Bill Cosby sex scandal, Harvey Weinstein fired, Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment, sexual harassment, The casting couch | 29 Comments

Charlottesville, Virginia August 12, 2017

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

When General George Edward Pickett (1825-1875) led his doomed division in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1865 on the last day of this famous battle famously known as Pickett’s Charge, mounted majestically on his horse, he hollered… Up men to your … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Home, humanity, media, Politics, readng, violence, war, words, writing | Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Charlottesville Virginia August 12 2017, tearing down southern Civil War statues, The American Civil War | 23 Comments

John McCain…Eternal Hero

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

As I sat in a cafe reading in the New York Times that Arizona Senator, John McCain, is suffering from aggressive brain cancer, I began to cry. A teenage boy seated near me asked what was wrong. My first impulse … Continue reading →

Posted in grace, History, humanity, media, men, Politics, violence, war, words | Tagged John McCain brain cancer, John S. McCain, POWS, Senator John McCain's war record, The Vietnam War | 18 Comments

God Bless America

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

I warn you, this is not one of my slaphappy posts. I’m here, stunned into silence after going to the 9/11 Museum downtown. A friend asked, what possessed me? Well, I always wanted to go since, being a survivor of … Continue reading →

Posted in grace, Home, humanity, kids, media, men, New York City, parents, Politics, religion, violence, war, women, words | Tagged 9/11 Museum, Remembering the fallen 9/11, September 11 2001, The World Trade Center | 34 Comments

Bobby…Los Angeles, California June 6, 1968

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

Today is 49 years since Bobby Kennedy left us, courtesy of an assassin’s bullet, and coincidently, the 73rd Anniversary of D-Day. I happen to be a big RFK fan, even having his picture framed on my window sill. One could … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Family, History, humanity, Politics, violence | Tagged 1968, Assassinations, Remembering RFK, Robert Kennedy, St. Francis of Assisi, The Kennedys | 13 Comments

JFK at 100

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

That’s the one good thing about dying young, you still look pretty good, and how uncanny to have May 29 of this very special milestone, fall on Memorial Day. I’ll bet he would have smiled at that. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Family, grace, History, humanity, parents, Politics, readng, violence, words, writing | Tagged 1963, Dallas, Jack and Jackie Kennedy, JFK's birthday, John F. Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr., Lee Harvey Oswald | 21 Comments

Stand By Your Man

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Susannah Bianchi

I was perusing through a book about the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), and the page I opened to, was about his wife, Adrienne. During France’s revolution, called the Reign of Terror (1793-1794), that didn’t do justice to the horrors that … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Family, History, Home, humanity, Love, Politics, readng, violence, Women and men | Tagged The American Revolution, The French Revolution, The Marquis de Lafayette, The Reign of Terror | 29 Comments