“He Who Shall Not Be Named” In the infamous Harry Potter series, the author, J.K. Rowlings, masterfully increased the drama of the series by not invoking Voldemort’s name. By so doing, she illustrated the contempt and fear the general populous had for this dark wizard. In similar manner, many in our culture are refusing to [...]
“No Exoneration”
“No Exoneration” As the Robert Mueller report comes to its conclusion with Mr. Mueller’s personal testimony to Congress, we are able to finally say one thing for sure. The President called Trump is not exonerated by Robert Mueller’s report. Though hamstrung in his testimony by Trump’s handpicked, in the pocket Attorney General, William Barr, Mueller [...]
“Wonder Dog”
“Wonder Dog” In the on-going saga of our Great Dane, “Finn”, whom I affectionately call “Big Dog,” as he is so big, I feel it is my duty to provide another chapter of his on-going very event-filled life. Last episode, I shared the sadness of his heart condition. Today, I tell a much better report, [...]
“Big Dog”
“Big Dog” July 7, 2019 Today is my wife’s mother’s birthday. Nell is 85 years old. Dorothy and Hannah took her a special cake to celebrate. She said that this was one of the nicest birthday cakes she had every received. It had blue, pink and green flowers made of buttercream on top, from a [...]
“The Division of America”
“The Division of America” Quoting Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, July 4, 2019: “Standing beneath the majestic statue of Abraham Lincoln, occupying a space where great orators have stood, Trump looked and sounded quite small.” “Trump declared, “We are one people chasing one dream and a magnificent destiny,” but that misses the point. We [...]
The Mueller Statement
“The Mueller Statement” The statement by Robert Mueller, Special Counsel for the Justice Department, as the honorable Mr. Mueller retires, speaks volumes by his clarity and by his emphasis as well as his silence. The clarity of the statement that Russian operatives did hack the election process in 2016 in an attempt to sabotage Hillary [...]
“The Thinker”
“The Thinker” “The Thinker” (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin, often placed on a stone pedestal. The work is of a nude male figure over life-size sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as though in deep thought… (Wikipedia) Sitting the other day in my favorite spot [...]
“The Coming Constitutional Crisis”
“The Approaching Constitutional Crisis” Observing Washington, DC and our Federal Government at work is like viewing the latest segment of a daytime TV soap. The flurry of accusations flying about is enough to make even the flying pigeons become dizzy. In all my 60+ years of observing our national story, I have never seen one [...]
“Rising from the Grave”
“"Rising from the Grave" I watched, as a young girl, about 18 months, toddling with her Easter basket, hunted Easter eggs at our church sponsored Easter egg hunt. Our youth leader, Betty Jean, and other women in the church had sponsored the Easter egg hunt. Actually, there were two separate events, one for older children [...]
“An Easter Meditation”
(April 15-16, 2019) An Easter Meditation Under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 the wealthy got wealthier, the poor became poorer, and the middle class citizen got screwed! Quoted in Wikipedia, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in April 2018 that implementing the Tax Cut and Jobs Act [of 2017] would [...]
Modern Stories of the Way 