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Space, the final frontier. To boldy go where no one has been before. Or something like that. The news media is slobbering all over itself this morning, doing its best to replay the absolute wonder and awe that humans experienced when John Glenn first orbited the Earth in 1962. It was, literally, a concept outContinue reading “To boldy go…”

I am not all that trustful, but then again I am. It makes no sense. If I think you like me, or even worse if I like you, I’m more likely to believe you. That non-strategy gets me kicked in the teeth, and lower regions, a lot. I’m a sucker for what appears to beContinue reading “I doubt it…”

I was reading an old review of Ibram X. Kendi’s book “How To Be An Anti-Racist”, and find that I really need to read the damned book. I have no excuse for not having done so. Regardless, I am struck by some of the review’s citations of the book, such as Kendi’s departure from someContinue reading “My place is the air-conditioned type”

I’ve been watching this bald eagle nest for a few weeks now. Mama (Liberty) and papa (Freedom) eagle are raising one eaglet (Kindness) at Glacier Gardeens park in Juneau, Alaska. It’s a fascinating process, these apex predators alternately hunting prey with razor-sharp precision then gently feeding their spoils to the young one, tearing small piecesContinue reading “Poor construction”

That’s what I always heard…there are days, and then there are DAYS. And some days it just be like this. Whatever this is. We were told so many things back in the old days, and some of those things were just wrong. Old wives tales they’re called. Things like putting the fear of death intoContinue reading “Some days it be like this”

So. I am still reflecting on failure. It has occurred to me that my worst failures were those times where I failed myself. Or did I? Sometimes I guess I did, but there have been times when it wasn’t that simple. Many years ago, when I was working in local government, I had one ofContinue reading “Failure, too”

This morning’s silliness: Ryan Lochte spoke passionately in an interview about the importance of athletes being vaccinated against COVID-19. He was speaking in reference to the upcoming Olympic competition and nodded vociferously that it was a good idea for all athletes to be vaccinated, for their sake and the sake of their fellow athletes. WhenContinue reading “Failure”

My writing prompts have been severely neglected for the past couple of weeks. I can’t say why, although my excuse is there has been too much going on in the world and that’s been garnering the lion’s share of my attention. I keep trying to solve all the problems in 5,000 words or less. TheContinue reading “Superpower or super-impotence?”

I have been watching the eaglet in Alaska a lot lately. It’s growing by leaps and bounds, and is starting to look something like a bird with clown shoes and wings that are two sizes too big. It has a lot more feathers, which is nice to see. It’s a Bald Eagle, so won’t haveContinue reading “Fledging”

For some mysterious and bizarre reason, I have been preoccupied for the last few hours about past hurts, and betrayals. I don’t know where this mess comes from, but it needs to go back to wherever that might be. I think it’s passing a bit now, but I was greatly disturbed to be feeling that.Continue reading “The little things”