Again -

As my regular readers already know - on my blog - I like to stick to "safe" topics - like quilting - and try to stay away from personal drama - politics - religion - and current events. There are days like today when I don't know what to say - there are no words - the world just seems to be going crazy - and all I can do is watch. Prayers sure don't seem to be working.

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Today began with the news of another mass shooting -

This time in Thousand Oaks, CA -

Which is very close to home -

I don't know yet if I know any of the victims -

Or their families -

But that doesn't matter -

What matters is that lives were lost -

AGAIN -

And it keeps happening -

AGAIN -

And AGAIN -

And AGAIN -

And AGAIN -

There are no words to express my feelings right now -

So I'm not even going to try -

But I can share some of my thoughts today -

As they wandered around and around and around -

I don't know what the answer is -

I really wish I did -

Some say it's a gun control issue -

Some say it's a mental health issue -

Some say it's an anger management issue -

I tend to think it's a combination of all three -

But the key - to me - is the "mental health" part -

A calm, sane person with access to a gun is usually not a problem - ask any hunter - but an angry, crazy person with access to a gun - what could possibly go wrong? And there are all sorts of combinations - some people are angry - but not crazy. Some people are crazy and need professional help. Some people aren't angry or crazy - they just need help "coping" with whatever problems they happen to have - and "coping" skills seem to be in short supply these days. Some people use drugs and alcohol to help them "cope" and then the drugs and alcohol become additional problems -

And why is it that some people can "cope" and others can't? I don't know -

Then we have the violent, criminal types - and those with behavioral problems - maybe some people are broken and can't be fixed - no matter what we do -

So - in addition to "thoughts and prayers" -

How about somebody DO something? -

How about all of those "experts" out there? -

The mental health professionals who went to school to learn how to help people should be able to figure out how to do what they were trained to do - and DO it -

Maybe we need to go back to "mental institutions" for those who need help -

Why can't someone figure out WHAT to do and then DO it? -

If I knew how to fix it -

I would have -

A long time ago -

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OK - I'm off my soapbox -

While my mind was wandering today -

I finished this -

Basic Math - Kaffe - top is DONE!! -

The lighting makes the red look orange- but it really is RED -

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -