This, That, and the Other Thing.
I know, it’s Friday. Week was long and hard for many. You need some things to smile about, and I will comply…
WHAT WAR IS
WHAT WAR IS
Maybe someday they’ll decide to write a textbookonly we won’t be invited to contribute
because others always know better what war…
Moloch
Some persistent bug had me under the weather last week. Consequently I watched even more movies than usual, with shows divided between…
Just Playin’ Around.
Exhibition at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU
“Man only plays when he is in the fullest sense of the word a human being, and he is only fully a human…
The Beauty of Ruins
Many years back I was part of a group of artists invited to spend a full day at the Blue Heron Paper…
Of Paroxysms and Purges.
Why despair over our descent into a failed democracy, when you can worry about the odds of being hit by an asteroid…
Valentine’s Day 2025.
Some claim that Valentine’s Day had its origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival included fertility rites, wild…
Shelter
You know that feeling when you think about something and all of sudden almost everything you read or see somewhat points in…
Another Thought Experiment.
When I wrote about my worries regarding the novel Corona virus in early (!) January 2020, I got some push-back. Did I…
A World growing Cold.
We had a dusting of snow this week, lasting not even a day. Coincidentally, I was cleaning out some closets and found…