Tag Archives: Society

Walking Away

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

January 19, 2013 The Empire continues its decline; the global financial and economic systems the Empire built, the huge healthcare system, the food production and distribution system and the vast, but sputtering global system of cheap energy that sustains them … Continue reading →

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A Right to Bear Arms

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

January 12, 2013 Well, not owning any arms, nor being likely to, I will leave the ongoing “discussions” on the subject of one’s individual right to keep and bear arms and the government’s right to limit (though not do away … Continue reading →

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Will They; Won’t They; and Does Anyone Give a Hoot Now, Anyway?

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

November 29, 2012 Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh; over the cliff we go, laughing all the way (ho, ho, ho …)   Having survived a year of fires, droughts, super storms, mass murders and political campaigns, … Continue reading →

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A Head Cold and Some Random Thoughts

Posted on December 22, 2012 by

December 22, 2012 I have a head cold.  I bring this up because it’s been nearly thirty years since I’ve had one and I’d forgotten how crappy they make you feel and how hard it is to write a sensible … Continue reading →

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The Mills of the Gods

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

December 8, 2012 Back in March of this year, the New York Times ran a lengthy article about President Obama’s version of the war on terrorism documenting, among other things, his secret “kill list” and his embrace of a policy … Continue reading →

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A Box Filled With Love

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

November 10, 2012 Yesterday, I got a care package.  I walked out onto the side porch to get the mail and there it was – wrapped in a cut down cardboard box with enough clear packaging tape wrapped around it … Continue reading →

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The So-called Wise Apes

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

November 3, 2012 A couple of years ago, I read a study indicating that, for those diagnosed with heart disease, diabetes and other major chronic illnesses, it took an average of three hospitalizations for complications from the disease before patients … Continue reading →

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Brave New World

Posted on October 27, 2012 by

October 27, 2012 http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/55141083-90/based-board-decision-groundwater.html.csp?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed A state panel gave a key approval Wednesday to start a tar sands mine in Utah’s wild Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. After hearing from the company behind the project, Alberta-based U.S. Oil Sands, as well … Continue reading →

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A Hard Winter is Coming

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

  October 20, 2012     Fall has fell, as they say around here.  The remains of the summer garden disappeared into the compost bin, although the early fall lettuce, spinach and onions on the side porch live on.  The … Continue reading →

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An Edge-of-the-Dime’s Worth of Difference

Posted on October 13, 2012 by

October 13, 2012 For the last several months, especially after the Republicans finally settled on their candidate for President, I’ve been wrestling with what to do about voting in the upcoming November elections.  Here at home, it’s not a problem.  … Continue reading →

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