Americans wanted a dictator— and got one.
Monk's Progress ~
. . . about little things, and the Big . . .
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Monday, August 26, 2024
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Ailing Guest ~
We buried a sparrow today that came to our terrace in the summer heat to die.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Thursday, June 06, 2024
D-Day ~ 80th Anniversary Tribute
Normandy
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Helene Z. Hill ~ Courageous Woman
Dear Charles Cingolani,
I am 95 years old and one of the first female scientists who fought against scientific fraud as a whistleblower. Being a woman scientist back then was practically unheard of. Women were looked down on intellectually, expected to raise children and run a home. . .
Prof. Hill's story.Friday, March 08, 2024
Friday, March 01, 2024
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Saturday, January 06, 2024
Monday, September 11, 2023
Remembering the Day ~
Nine Eleven
On September eleven
when it happened
while we watched
we could not help thinking about
our own thin brick walls
left standing around us
here, in the heartland.
Walled in between
panic and gratitude
we sat gaping,
not noticing
how our helpless tears
would not stop falling.
Monday, August 21, 2023
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
A Nation of Maimed Men ~
For all our ingenuity, where is the inventor of a device to let landmines explode before courageous Ukrainians pass over.
Thursday, July 20, 2023
A Weighty Choice~
It is much easier to live with an illusion than with reality, . . . with a belief than with a fact.
Saturday, July 01, 2023
Wisdom ~
Only the man who is able to stand alone can see reality as it is, free from the opinion of others.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Friday, June 16, 2023
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Monday, April 24, 2023
Saturday, March 25, 2023
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Learning to Cope ~
The most important dialog is the one between me and myself.
Saturday, March 04, 2023
Protesting in Russia ~ 2023
The father of a 12-year-old girl who drew this antiwar picture in her elementary school art class in Russia is facing criminal charges and a potential three-year prison sentence, and his daughter has been placed temporarily in an orphanage. The Washington Post
BBC
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Opposing Adolf Hitler ~ February 22, 1943
Monday, February 06, 2023
Last Night's Dream ~
He was just a young kid who had come back from Vietnam and he was telling me how deathly afraid he was when out on patrol at night opposing the Viet Cong . . .
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Friday, November 11, 2022
Sunday, October 30, 2022
The Autumn Leaves ~
The leaves seem to be hanging on a little longer this year, just to give us some colorful cheer in these dreadful times.
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Monday, August 29, 2022
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Sunday, July 17, 2022
A Nightly Visit ~
And there I was, in the old Bach choir again, not in the bass section but among the tenors now, singing away and reaching all the high notes.
Wednesday, July 06, 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Scarlett S. ~ Sadness for Our Region
Suedkurier
Friday, June 17, 2022
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Friday, May 20, 2022
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Symbolism ~
How appropriate, that Putin used half of Hitler's swastika Z as his war emblem.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Thursday, May 12, 2022
No Questions Asked ~
Sunday, May 01, 2022
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
How It is Done ~
We stand by and watch Putin, singlehandedly, provoke World War III.
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Vladimir Putin ~
“It is obvious that we had no other choice.”
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Looking the Other Way ~
We gave so little consideration to a bolder attempt to stop Putin. We spent years pleading with him and threatened with sanctions. He scoffed at them.