Today, the members of the 115th Congress were sworn in, and for the first time since 1977, Senator Barbara Mikulski was not among them. After serving 10 years as a U.S. Representative from Maryland, in 1986 Mikulski was elected to the United States Senate. A social worker, Mikulski worked with at-risk children, and became an activist in Baltimore, and eventually was elected to the Baltimore City Council. She's the longest-serving Congresswoman, and has called herself "a social worker with power."
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What are you doing New Year's Eve?
I'm facing a New Year's Eve dilemma: go out or stay in. Some people love to get dressed up and do something exciting to ring in the new year, but I do not. What I really love is making an early night of it and waking up early and starting the new year refreshed and relaxed. I've also been frantically cleaning because I like to start the year with a clean(ish) house. (I think everyone who knows me will laugh when they see this because a) I'm not a morning person and b) I'm kind of a slob.)
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The three main characters from Good Girls Revolt on Amazon.
Good Girls Revolt
I've been spending some quality time this week watching the Good Girls Revolt...
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Happy Friday
It's Friday, and I'm baking up a storm for the first of three (!) cookie exchanges I'm going to this month. But I came across some great reads this week you should check out!
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