On this channel I'm dragon@authorpendragon, mindsblogging the news since 2016. On @GailMcGowanMellor, under my own name, I'm writing an unauthorized history of Minds as it unfolds.
An investigative reporter with a Pulitzer'nomination (rare for an independent), a medical writer (who founded a cooperative medical writing company with clients on three continents), and teacher (I taught in high school and college and was an early coordinator in the un-schooling movement), I've been a political activist since the early 1960s, because "inactive citizen" is an oxymoron. On a computer since 1977, I've been on the web since it was born in 1989.
With courageous, adventurous children out changing the world, having just helped raise a grandson, with my husband aka best friend, I founded a small community in an improbable oasis that we're working to save in the midst of a metro area. There, the guy I love creates anything that I can imagine, and I grow things and write...
Channel Policy: Doxxers and spammers -- including thread hijackers endlessly bleating about unrelated pet projects or hatreds -- are at minimum boring. Bug out. All others: thank you so much for being here. Documented disagreement is terrific. So are discoveries. So is laughter....
9/11/2001. Fort Hood Nov 5, 2009. Sandy Hook Dec 14, 2012. Boston Bombing APR 15, 2013. Charleston Church Jun 17, 2015. San Bernardino Dec 2, 2015. Dallas Police Shooting Jul 7, 2016. Pulse Nightclub Jun 12, 2016. Nice France Jul 14, 2016. Ft Luaderdale airport Jan 6, 2017. Melbourne Car Attack Jan 20, 2017. times Square NY May 18, 2017. Las Vegas MB Shooting Oct 1, 2017