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Wisdom. What is it? "The quality of being wise."  That sounds a bit "tautological."  I'd say wisdom is an idea or...

What gives me hope under the shadow of Trump? 1. Barack Obama. This is a must read:  David Remnick interviews Barack Obama.   I do think O...

Yesterday I did a lot of reading, thinking & talking. With/to a few close people. Sometimes things finally do clarify ... and it helps.....

You know I did the sane, rational, upstanding, right thing. For sure. I voted for the progressive woman with a long track record of competen...

Yes, it's like a death in the family. No doubt. No way around it. And the Outrage is just starting. Hasn't even been sworn in yet. ...

Bad shit happens. Maybe you learn something. I learned a new word this week: Kakistocracy.   "Government by the worst people." Wel...

How to survive the New Dark Ages Redux Again? (See previous 3 or 4 posts). 1. I recommend sleep. Lots of sleep. Sleep to recharge, to reco...

It sure looks like we are in for a long, concentrated and determined, darkness. I think the word, "clusterfuck," should come in qu...

It would all be sort of funny, if it wasn't so tragic. What is that saying, something about tragedy repeating as comedy? A black, dark c...

"Yes it's like the Dark Ages have descended... and, we all know the exact moment: this day, this time, it has begun...  the darknes...

Spending lots of time alone with my acoustic guitar. Finding new riffs to fill the void. I am only tangentially engaged with the world at th...

Events conspire, and we fall back or are propelled back to the basics. If you are a writer, you write, a painter, you paint, a poet, you poe...

If you've been around long enough, and you pay attention, some things become clear... Any day is anything can happen day. Anything hap...

I think David Remnick nails it in the online version of the New Yorker: "An American Tragedy." What can I add? Nausea. Waves and...

The noxious dirigible (see previous post) , landed safely! Who knew?! No one that I knew & trusted: the Pollsters, Political Pundits, th...

Election Day 2016. The plump, gaseous, noxious, dirigible, known as "Trump," will meet it's spiky pole (poll!) and finally,...

Day before election day. Do we vote for the Woman or the Fascist? You'd think today I'd be writing about politics, but instead, I...

I don't have any special insight. I rely on other folks . There are quite a few people I read that tell me early voting in Nevada and...

They tell us "the polls are tightening." But the folks I trust most, Dr. Wang from Princeton Election Consortium  &  David Plo...

We all need an oasis. Shelter from the storm. A nice clean room away from all the insane hurly-burly. A place where we can all chill out....