Winter Solstice Photoblog
Happy solstice to you, and happy holidays too.
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
What’s going on in my life
Happy solstice to you, and happy holidays too.
I’m going to assume I don’t have to explain that Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in their home Sunday, and that Donald Trump posted a hateful rant about Reiner on Truth Social. What I’m finding interesting is reaction to Trump’s nastiness on the right.
Our grandson Quentin’s commencement ceremony at the University of Nevada, Reno, was yesterday afternoon.
Donna and I were married 60 years ago today.
Reminding service members they swore an oath to the Constitution, not to any particular president and commander-in-chief, and that they shouldn’t obey illegal orders, can get a little tricky.
Time marches on.
For Veterans Day 2025, I’m updating and recycling a post from 2017.
My memory may be faulty, but wasn’t Dick Cheney a decent enough guy before he went to work as George W. Bush’s VP in 2001?