December 20 I went in for my haircut, still a regular event in my life, albeit thinner. Just a haircut and beard trim, once every four weeks. This particular day I said to Pamela, “I suppose you’ve been pretty busy”. Pam, who’s also the manager, said they were pretty busy for the holiday, but […]
Banner at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, Minnetonka MN. Thank you to Nancy who took the photo, and Kathy who forwarded it on. from Nancy: I don’t know the author. It’s a banner on the wall of our church. I think it’s pretty public. from Kathy: “Christmas will always be,,as long as we stand heart to […]
All best wishes at Christmas, and for a good New Year. Following is a family story which, in one way or another, likely applies to all of us. Dec. 14, my brother, John, sent an e-mail with a most intriguing document: the death certificate for our grandfather Henry Bernard, died May 23, 1957 in Fargo […]
All very best wishes for the ending of 2025 and 2026. We need to be personally involved in this. Some ideas follow. More on photo at end of post; Getting in action: Thursday morning a group of about 25 of us listened to an immigration lawyer talk about the current legal situation in our area […]
8:15 a.m. CST December 8, 2026: I’m time-stamping this post for a specific reason: I watched the entire Marjorie Taylor Greene interview on 60 Minutes last night, and I want to give my impressions before I see or hear any analysis from anyone else. You can probably access the interview on-line for a short time. […]
Recently someone mentioned that there seem to be an unusual number of activities related to WWII. This year is the 80th anniversary of the surrender of Germany (May 8, 1945) and Japan (September 2, 1945). Perhaps that is the reason. I don’t know if there are more commemorations than usual or not. But it would […]
I have always said that we, the Americans eligible to vote, freely chose the mess that we are immersed in now. This does not go over well with those who voted, essentially, for a reasonably stable nation and world. The problem is that more people voted for the regime presently in control, and by far […]
PRENOTE: Other recent posts: Murder in Washington DC (Nov 29); and Incidents (Dec 3). I had sent the “murder” post to several who I thought had a particular interest, so it includes several interesting comments. There have been a number of comments to the post on Ken Burns American Revolution (Nov 22) which you may find […]
Today is Wednesday and for the last few days and continuing the issue is the extrajudicial killing of alleged drug traffickers in small boats off Venezuela. In particular the second shot on September 2 – the “kill ’em all” alleged or at minimum implied order to finish off two survivors of the first strike on […]
There is a single fact that is undeniable in the recent death of a 20-year old West Virginia National Guardswoman, murdered a couple of blocks from the White House in Washington DC. Odds are virtually 100% certain that she wouldn’t have been in D.C. were it not for a command decision by the President to […]