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Unconnected thoughts and observations which don’t rate separate blog posts, but when aggregated together might amount to something: We’re in Las Vegas, visiting the kids. Gregory’s birthday was the 10th; Polly’s is the 16th. Of course we’re spending time with our grandson Quentin, too, and campaigning to have his parents send him down to Tucson […]
Document 1: Warrant in the Case of John Alden’s Toyota Camry To the Constable of Salem, Essex Ss Whereas Complaint hath been made unto us John Hathorne & Jonathan Corwin Esq’rs by severall persons of Salem Village that Cap’t John Alden of Boston’s Toyota Camry [that she] is guilty of Witchcraft in cruelly tortureing & […]
Thank god! Since when do colds last a month? Didn’t they used to be over in, like, two weeks? Maybe I’m just older and weaker. Maybe the common cold has evolved into something more sinister. Either way, I’m happy to be getting back to normal. It helps that it’s also a beautiful day in Tucson. […]
Sorry for the lack of bloggage this past week. An awful sore throat has robbed me of the will to do pretty much anything. But today I can swallow without wincing. Light at the end of the tunnel! Non-essential filler follows (so the text will at least equal the graphic in size): Today’s the first […]
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice. These […]
Last year I challenged myself to catch up on a number of banned books I missed while growing up. I’ve read and reviewed 17 of the 18 books on my list, but there are many, many more . . . so many, in fact, I could keep making new lists of banned books to read […]
I heard this morning from Amanda, a staffer for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, that the US Air Force had responded to my letter protesting the airing of Fox News on public televisions at USAF bases and the broadcasting of the Rush Limbaugh to military troops overseas by Armed Forces Radio. Here’s the link to everything that […]
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker The Color Purple is a story told in short letters. Letters, at first, from a barely-literate Celie to God, letters that are little more than raw observations of a brutal, degraded, hopeless life. Letters, later, from Celie’s sister Nettie, reminding Celie of their shared history, relating the progress of […]