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"Who's in charge?" Often you are reminded, "No one." There are the folks in positions of authority,  those who call...

Kevin Drum tells us this morning that Trump "flips out yet again!"  I am beginning to think that I just won't be able to keep...

Somewhere in the New Yorker, the issue where 16 writers wrote about the tragedy of the 2016 election, someone pointed out that Trump is a ...

I have read my share of post-Trump articles. My head has been swimming in a sea of unknowingness, spinning like that little girl's head ...

Blame it on the pie (see previous post) . Make no mistake, pie is powerful stuff. All that wholesome goodness - fruit, sugar, organic flour ...

Death by Pie. Is it possible? Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. But then again, as Wm. Blake once wrote in the Proverbs of Hell: ...

A day off. Finally. A day to chill, to reflect. To panic?! Oh please, God, no. Maybe put the panic on hold. I mean, yes, well, there are p...

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...