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  Is it bad juju, or bad karma to wish that something bad happens to another human being?! You know, even if that human being happens to be ...

If you have read Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel "The Road,"  (2006)  (it is a worthy read) , you know one of the key...

I am now living for a time at another's home. Care-taking. This morning, I open another's book at random, and find a few lines of  E...

Folk #1: The signs are everywhere. Zombification of the System. System fails everywhere you look. Lots of hurly-burly, toil & trouble....

Folk #1: Yes. We live in sleepy little town near a big, thriving, quite wonderful Midwestern City ( Chicago - it is no hellhole). We take p...

Paying attention to the crazy, the sick, the deranged... That describes much of our social media, and pop & political culture. Not reco...

Being sociable. That has been the theme the last few days. Hanging out with other Human Beings. Usually when my partner and I are around fol...

We have spent the last few days being sociable with our fellow human beings. That's the gist of the holiday season. A simple rule for b...

Folk #1: What is the meaning of all of this shite?  You may think that a simple, clear declaration: "I don't know," might be...

Yes. Things are weird. And getting weirder. That seems to be true. Human Beings are flailing, failing, unhinged. A long winding road of sig...

The TV news show Sixty Minutes spiked their segment about Trump's concentration camp in El Salvador. It aired in Canada, and folks are s...

Folk #1: Sometimes I do think chaos is my middle name. I wonder, am I the source, the channel, the generator or receiver, or the conductor o...

Does Trump and his very corrupt DOJ think the American people are that stupid? Probably so. Trump's success is based on his own voters d...

Terrible people doing terrible things... A simple shorthand for a deep understanding of "what's happening," right now, in pret...

Ah, well. You can only swim in the ocean of outrage for so long. Then you need to get to shore, dry off, and get on with it. Take care of y...

Folk #1: The American Gestapo , ICE & Border Patrol were back in our sleepy, happy little town yesterday. There were about 5 helicopter...

Folk #1: Slinging words. Finding the right words, writing them down. Just the act of thinking & writing is important & essential to...

Folk #1: I am amazed, and super-surprised, that I appear (to myself), as more disciplined, more dignified, more circumspect, more level-h...

Folk #1 : Post-party (see previous post) , I think of William Blake's poem, Auguries of Innocence , the key passage: Every night and eve...

Folk #1: It was instructive. Undeniable. A bit intimidating & deflating. We went to a party last night and were confronted with unfath...

I am reminded again, we humans are basically chemistry sets. Little labs of chemicals. Getting the mix right is essential. What we ingest i...

Folk #1: Ha. Trump is losing on many fronts now. Indiana didn't bend the knee, Kilmar walked out of detention a free man (for now),   P...

Folk #1: I am no financial wizard. I don't invest in the market. I don't have any great insights. I do follow a few smart people, e...

Folk #1: Yes. Again, Paul Krugman gets it right. We all have PTSD now. What's the problem? It comes down to one very sick, corrupt, ra...

Finally. You are left with just the day to day slogging through. You must draw upon your inner Stoic to make it. Whining, complaining, ragi...

Monday morning. Up early. Still dead-black-dark outside, no hint of the sun. The coffee is really good, and it's doing it's job, whi...

Folk #1: Reading & writing. Might be a super-power. I mean, I am no Shakespeare, Faulkner or Hemingway but I love to read & write. ...

Folk #1:  Yeah. The thing is, denial  can be a powerful tool & maybe it's sort of like a drug. You use it in times of hardship, or ...

Folk #1: "The tone has been set. Even if you are tone-deaf it is easy to grasp the tone. Can you grasp a tone? Ha. Messy, right. What i...

Folk #1: "That fat, old, racist, extremely unhinged & unhealthy white guy ranting & raving in the oval office? Lying about a c...

Folk #1: Let me jump in with an early take on the State of the Union. Laughable, Tragic, & Unwell.  The only Hope for us all is to be ...