in progress 5:30 a.m. Feb 23: I was up at my usual time, about 5 a.m., when I heard a quiet ‘clump’ at the front door. It was the sound of the newspaper being delivered, which meant the paper had been delivered. I walked down, turned on the outside light, and sure enough, there it […]
This was not an ordinary President’s Day. President Jimmy Carter, a hero of mine, 98, went to home hospice to be with family. About the same time, President Joe Biden visited with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev. For all of us, there is a time to die. Sunset seems to be near for President […]
PRENOTE: There are several comments to the Valentine’s Day post. Check them out here. * Thursday evening an organization in which I’m active, Citizens for Citizens for Global Solutions MN, presented a very informative Zoom-cast on the assassination of a human rights advocate in a country you’ve probably never heard of, Eswatini, (formerly Swaziland). Before […]
POSTNOTE Feb 23: Ukraine at One Year, here. * There are several comments to the last post, from Claude, Rich, Jeff and myself about weapons of war. You might want to take a look. Today is Valentine’s Day. Judging from the stash of old postcards from the farm, Valentine’s Day was significant, even against Christmas […]
I did a post at the time of the State of the Union, which you can read here. My focus there is Public Education more than the speech itself (which I watched in its entirety). [At February 11 (below) Joyce Vance comments on the Weaponization Committee of the House of Representatives.] There seems to be […]
POSTNOTE Wed Feb. 8: I watched the State of the Union. Here’s Joyce Vance’s take on it. And Heather Cox Richardson’s take. And Jay Kuo in Status Quo. I’ve seen Biden in person several times over the years, and his is always an excellent and authentic speech. I’m a couple of years older than he […]
POSTNOTE, Sunday Feb 5: Last night we watched the new documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. It is extraordinary. Take the time. PRENOTE: Thursday night was way below zero. But good news is coming next week, I hear. Feb. 1 I did a post entitled The First Day Of Spring. Take a look. * […]
For many years – I don’t remember the first – I’ve declared February 1 to be the first day of Spring. This morning, here, it was near zero, 3 degrees at 8:45. That isn’t Spring weather. On the other hand, it was a bright, sunshiny morning, and it was calm, and the roads were dry. […]
The headline of today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune was hardly a surprise. Here it is, as found at our door this morning. I don’t find much point in commenting directly about the latest tragedies. There is an abundance of news. Tyre and the others are not the first and unfortunately not the last. I’ve commented on […]
Monday is the 50th anniversary of the decision in Roe v Wade. Letters from an American gives a good brief discussion of the history, here. I note that I have written something including references to abortion 38 times since 2009 at this blog site. That’s about three times a year. I have not changed my […]