Ruth Frick O'Brien

Tag: American Political Perspectives (APP)

  • WRITING POLITICS (APP)

    +We all get to hide behind theory.* “Theory’ for the uninitiated, the un-informed of my own public and academic or intellectual work, this means the whole body of my published work beginning in 1971, 2 or 3, not my published work in publications for and largely by adults.

    And, it is inclusive of my letters to very well-know authors or author in the 1960s.

    Indeed, my mother later apologized for shaming and therefore siilenc-ing me with the latter.** Virginia Frick O’Brien June 1927-December 2006)

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    Yes, the asterisks are the only way one could draw the picture or get A Political Perspective (APP) about what the heck I am “talking” about.

    P.S., the + represents a book cover and/or artwork going forward.

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  • Frick-ed and Fracked or S.L.A.P.P.ed*?

    Frick-ed and Fracked or S.L.A.P.P.ed*?

    Not until I met and married Fred (who honored my father and mother when my sons walked me down the aisle), I had none other than my colleague, Fred’s long-lost relative, unite us in marriage. I would’ve been the second Ruth Ann Schwarz. Instead, Fred is the first Frederic Halper O’Brien, though we began our journey as Fred and Ruth O’Brien. Only 9 states in this union allowed him to change his name as he did in the Brookhaven Town marriage-license office.

    During our past tenth anniversary, we did another reciprocal thing. He suggested I stop hiding my direct lineage to Henry Clay Frick (named after a Speaker of the House, I presume). So here it is: I’m Ruth Frick (my grandmother’s first and last names) eschewing that middle name once my sons were grown. They too were burdened with English-Dutch-Swiss-Irish-Scottish-Swedish descent, though I am proud to say they speak, read, listen and have learned German and Dutch and only lack lessons in Swedish. But heck, knowing German/Dutch/English — it’s close enough.

    * Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (ask Wendy and Sylvia, part of the far west Frick clan 🙂

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