November 15, 2024 To fight aloud, is very brave –
 But gallanter, I know
 Who charge within the bosom
 Who win, and nations do not see –
 Who fall – and none observe – ~Emily Dickinson, To fight aloud, is very brave   I’m realizing that Trump supporters must have been really annoying to their […]

November 14, 2024 Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. ~ Max Ehrmann, Desiderata Maybe I’m becoming a conspiracy stick in the mud, but I’m quite happy to have the launch of the Trump presidency apparently […]

November 13, 2024 Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. 
Meanwhile the world goes on. ~Mary Oliver, Wild Geese   My 94-year-old neighbor, Neal, suffered a massive brain hemorrhage yesterday. He’s been moved to hospice and per his son, isn’t expected to last more than “a few hours to a few […]

November 12, 2024 If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ~ Maslow’s Hammer (Abraham Maslow) I don’t feel like kicking back and resting upon my laurels, whatever they might be. But I’m also not gearing up for civil unrest, lockdowns, or any level of military takeover. I don’t believe the […]

November 10, 2024 It’s not a “conspiracy theory” if there’s a patent for it. ~ Anon. Oh, I bet my brother would love to be alive in this golden age of conspiracy theorists.  Decades ago, he expressed vehement distrust of the Bushes and the US government. Mistrusted and was suspicious of authority in general. Had […]

November 9, 2024 Paula Alquist: This night will be a long night. Brian Cameron: But it will end. It’s starting to clear. In the morning when the sun rises, sometimes it’s hard to believe there ever was a night. ~ Gaslight, 1944 When President Trump “lost” the 2020 election, it wasn’t a quick or tidy loss. […]

November 7, 2024 I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord Can you feel it coming in the air tonight? ~Phil Collins, In the Air Tonight   Imagine focusing for a few seconds and transporting yourself instantly to your […]

November 6, 2024 …The scene is set. Up with the curtain! Man, the marionette, Resumes his part. The gods will work the wires. ~Robert William Service, Quatrains   This morning, as soon as a few brain cells woke up, I remembered: Donald Trump won. He really did. There was a victory speech and everything.  I […]

November 4, 2024 The first sort by their own suggestions fell, 
Self-tempted, self-depraved: man falls deceived
 By the other first: man therefore shall find grace,
 The other none. ~John Milton, Paradise Lost   While I’m eagerly anticipating many truths to emerge, one of the areas I won’t be delving into is the child torture/SRA/cannibalism thread […]

November 3, 2024 I desire only to know the truth…and to the maximum of power, I exhort all other men to do the same. ~ Plato Yesterday’s melancholy could not overwhelm today’s brilliant sunshine and sparkling energy. I’ve given up the notion of rising above the effects of outside forces. I am inescapably influenced by […]

November 2, 2024 Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind. ~ David G. Allen It’s a gray, gloomy day, after a week of crisp sunshine. Perhaps that’s whence the melancholy arises. But I think it’s more than that. To have any peace […]

November 1, 2024 It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it. ~ George Orwell We’re having the carpets cleaned for the first time in too many years to admit. Logistics typically stymie me (where to corral the cats? What about Mom?). […]

October 29, 2024 The starry vault of heaven is in truth the open book of cosmic projection. ~ Carl Jung I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen with this upcoming election, but I do know that something will change. There will be a US presidential election next week. It’s not a wishful prediction by […]

October 26, 2024 Well, now, everything dies, baby, that’s a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back ~Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City   I’ve never thought much about what life would be like if we lived a thousand years. Kerry K’s recent video about the reincarnation trap and the truncated, disease-plagued existence humans have […]

October 22, 2024 …Dwelling from, not upon, the space you want to inherit is the fastest way to change absolutely everything. ~ TUT message (TUT.com), 10/22/24 I zipped out of the house this morning, fueled up at Fuel Depot at the new, lower price of $4.33 per gallon, spent way more than I intended to at Trader […]