The Woes of Ditzy Traveler: Part 1

Hi. My name is Ditzy (well, actually it’s my nickname) and I like to travel. I live in Jacksonville, Florida where the sun shines most of the time. Honey, California’s got nothing on us. My best friend, Lucy likes to travel, too, so we often take trips together. That’s us in that old, beat-up Airstream …

A Little Late Night Reading

I'm changing the type of blogs I write. I will continue to reblog from others that have valuable posts but I'm going to begin posting things that are primarily about writing, or reading. Most writers are also voracious readers. My husband is neither a writer (although he is my manager as he has the business …

Satan’s Bid For Your Child–Final Chapter

NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN: SENSITIVITY TRAINING CONTINUED In 1946 Dr. Leland Bradford, an executive of the National Education Association, and a number of social psychologists worked with Kurt Lewin, a pioneer behavioral scientist, researching how science could change a man's behavior. They surveyed the work of numbers of behaviorists and sought out new methods of …

Satan’s Bid for Your Child: Profane Living

We asked, "Have you ever heard one of your school teachers use vulgar language in the classroom?" Eighty-seven percent said, "Yes." "Have you ever heard a school teacher take the name of the Lord in vain in class?" Fifty percent said, "Yes." "Do you ever hear students cursing aloud in class?" was answered "Yes" by …

Rock Music Part 4

CHEETAH is one of the big magazines aimed at teenagers. It quotes a New York musician as saying, "If the establishment knew what today's popular music is saying, not what the words are saying, but what the music itself is saying, they wouldn't just turn their thumbs down it; they'd ban it. They'd smash all …

Rock Music Part 3

Paul cantor of the "Jefferson Airplane" said on the Les Crane Show, "The new rock music is intended to broaden the generation gap, alienate parents from their children, and prepare young people for revolution." There was a day when such filth was given in little papers that were sold between the covers of magazines or …

Satan’s Bid For Your Child: Rock Music Part 3

Kay's note: I thought I had posted this, or had it scheduled to post but I'm not finding it, so if this is a duplicate post, please forgive me. Paul cantor of the "Jefferson Airplane" said on the Les Crane Show, "The new rock music is intended to broaden the generation gap, alienate parents from …

Rock Music continued

Part 2 of the section on Rock Music taken from "Satan's Bid For Your Child." This is a lengthy section and has two more parts after this one. Please remember that this was originally published in 1971. Still, it is enlightening as we look at our society today and the near absence of any moral …