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If we assume the Guardian reported this correctly, someone in a position of responsibility in the Democratic Party was/is asleep at the swit...

On this Labor Day, it seems fitting to remember one of Ursula Le Guin’s more insightful quotes from her 2014 National Book Award speech: “Ca...

Skies are cloudy. Ground level air is smokey. Reports are that 80 million Americans are under air quality  alerts. We’re included. If we ge...

At a time when SCOTUS has claimed that more than half of our citizens are less than equal or free, whose independence and freedom are left o...

We are down to (up to?) the last week of June. We celebrate Independence Day a week from tomorrow. I have concerns and reservations about ho...

I recently had a birthday. My son gave me a book, Wild River, Poetry and Prose by Warren Winders. I had asked for it based on a review in t...

‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.’  Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determin...

Today we're going to begin with a request to turn on your imagination full power. The poem we're sharing was written more than two c...

Let's see if we can suggest an alternative approach to economics that gets government out of many of the  nitty gritty details of wealth...

As this is being typed, we have a boule of artisan sourdough kerns bread beginning to bake. Soon the house will begin to smell wonderful. La...

In the fields behind the house, purple love grass is ripening. Soon the seed heads will be getting blown across the fields, scattering seeds...

Today is the last Sunday in June 2020. July begins in a few days. Look for the [ Ojibwe ] full moon [Miin-giizis (Berry Moon)] next weekend ...

Tree tops are tossing and turning under a stiff breeze. Local rainfall amounts have been minuscule, so far. Occasional patches of blue sky a...