For another, and excellent, view of Mothers Day, read Heather Cox Richardson, here. (See in addition Bob’s comment at the end of this post.) * There are an infinite variety of Moms (which I choose to leave without boundaries of gender, age or marital status). I’ve been thinking about “Moms”, and I invite you to […]
This post has four segments: 1) War President; 2) Portions of a Family Letter; 3) Thoughts after my 80th birthday; 4) Comments on International Nurses Day. * It is almost axiomatic that in America it is useful to be called a “war president”; it’s almost guaranteed to be a generator of votes. An enemy to […]
Today is my 80th birthday. Before a few comments about that, here’s to Grandson Parker, who is also a birthday boy, 18 years old today. Like all in his cohort, his end-of-senior year will not be traditional: there is no senior baseball, his sport. He’s very good. From an early time (see below photo) I […]
Yesterday afternoon I decided to look up the casualty count for the U.S. in the Vietnam War, The apparent official number is 58,220. An hour or so later the CBS news update showed over 1,000,000 COVID-19 cases, and over 58,300 deaths from the disease. Of course the worldwide figures are much higher. And this is […]
This is the day of the inauguration of the Great Emancipation from the chains of COVID-19. There have been a dribble of preview events; today seems more the big deal here and there across the nation. I think about another such event on May 4, 2003, when President Bush declared “Mission Accomplished” over the Saddam […]
Thursday’s walk revealed my home area first outburst of Spring. By Monday, no doubt, the race will be on, and the drabness of winter will be replaced with the colors of spring. It is a time we look forward to each year. I took this photo two mornings ago. Today will be better throughout […]
Other Outside the Walls blogs can be accessed in Archives at right. (This is the 9th blog in April 2020.) * Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. There is a great plenty to focus our thoughts this day, and all those to follow. * A few years ago a good friend volunteered at the […]
This mornings walk was, as usual, uneventful. I met one couple with dog, and one single woman. It was a little chilly. My walk is about two miles at a moderate pace. Back home our neighbor said that golf, marinas and. bait shops were okay to open; indeed the top of the front page of […]
Yesterday seems to have been the day for orchestrated protests: enough of the health crisis; time to reopen business. The longer summary of pundits views is here, if you wish. Here’s an illustration used in the on-line post by someone I know very well, a self-described libertarian: I came late to protests. For me, the […]
A short while ago I was on one of those e-conversations where folks were sharing notes on COVID-19. E-conversations serve a vital role: they’re quicker and can reach more people than U.S. mail; and more amenable to actual conversation than text or twitter or similar. In this particular conversation, one comment was tossed out, and […]