Tag Archives: politics
Patriotism
Another Fourth of July and Harvey the dog survived. I’m going to start with the photos because I have a lot of boring stuff to say about politics, so we will begin with the more interesting diary gallery part. On … Continue reading
Heat
It is 86 degrees right now as I type this. That’s the sort of temperature that I would have scoffed at when I was still a Southerner: why it’s nothing. A bagatelle, a balmy summer day. I am not a … Continue reading
Clams
A friend asked me to go clamming this morning, but she wanted to leave at like 6:30 and while I am in fact usually awake at 6:30, I am not usually happy about it. So I gracefully declined and did … Continue reading
Anticipation
Hello! Another week has passed without a global thermonuclear war but don’t give up! There’s still more weeks to come. Last Tuesday, as we all know unless you are hiding under some kind of rock, in which case I would … Continue reading
Pictures
Starting right off with the pictures, I just attached my old Canon 5D to the computer for the first time in a while – the first time in 2026 it turns out! – and was staggered again by how, uh, … Continue reading
War
I thought I’d talk a little bit about politics since we are, I guess, at war now. Well of course we are. As someone somewhere in the Discourse – the constant clanging chatter of social media that takes up all … Continue reading
It’s Only Early January
Well! What a fun week it has been! Jesus wept. I mean we started out with the “President” of the US kidnapping the president of Venezuela and it’s just gone downhill from there. I could write at some length about … Continue reading
Snow Days
Well, I ended up having two snow days in a row. Yesterday we had more snow than we have had in some time – years, really – and the roads got quite bad quite quickly. There is this thing that … Continue reading