Thank you! All good news appreciated!

In a similar vein–I was the secretary for our church women’s group for the past three years. I kept the minutes diligently for all of our meetings and stored them in the historical file that goes back to the early 1900’s when the group started. We disbanded in December. What was the point of all those minutes? What would be the point of…[Read more]

This is a great glimpse into the life of a bygone era. Who would ever have thought that department stores would be bygone? It makes me wish that I had been a city child with hucksters (and Hutzlers!) and street cars and family all around. Thank you for sharing this!

This post almost makes me look forward to winter! Almost, but not quite. I have learned to be skeptical of anything you read online…

Oh, no! I can’t decide what kind of decision maker I am!

Hi Robert–Don’t I have a great publicist? Thanks for your kind comments. I don’t know why I submitted that article to the paper–it just seemed like such an amazing confluence of connections that it took to get that tv up and running!

This is insightful and hopeful. A rare combination!

I braced myself for a diatribe about the news of the world, but this was a surprisingly uplifting post. “We have only our faith in ourselves, our ability to remain humane and courteous, our tenacity at remaining sane even in a social vacuum, and our commitment to accomplishment–if only to survive.” That is a great statement of the human spirit…[Read more]

I read To a Mouse–and did not remember the famous lines ‘the best laid plans of mice and men…’ were from that poem. I had to read it side by side with an English translation! Thank you for reminding me of that poem, and for your interest in seeing more of mine. I should use these long winter days to organize my papers!

Thanks or no thanks to the pandemic, this is becoming more relevant all the time. But the pandemic also complicates things because you can’t use the available space to bring people together. Our church fellowship hall has been repurposed as a classroom during the covid crisis, which might lead to creative thinking about other uses for that space…[Read more]

This is an excellent overview of what has contributed to the many problems that we have today. Not just the problem of angry mobs attacking the Capitol, but the more silent and insidious problems of jobs, housing, racial and class inequality, lack of universal health insurance, the cost of education–all the things that working people have…[Read more]

If you think it is hard to be an old man, try being an old woman! The culture is much less kind to old women, who also have to put up with the youthful fantasies of old men!

Love the metaphors, if not the message! Is it too late to pack the sandwiches? Why are we even talking about sailing in this stormy sea? Shouldn’t we be building a house upon a rock?

I appreciate your positive approach to a harrowing situation!

Good news indeed! Just when we need it most…

Reply to Ben’s comments–Are you saying that we avoid the problem of sustainability by leaving earth behind–since it has a short billion year lifespan. If we can transcend exploitation we can have a meaningful civilization on another planet, but if we can’t deal with exploitation (which is a political problem) it is not likely a successor race…[Read more]

I could use some comfort at the national level, so Joe sounds good to me. This analysis of a winning strategy makes sense and it would be nice if the cats could all get together long enough to win the election. My strategy is to use the millions of dollars candidates use in ad campaigns to subsidize Democrats in solid blue states to move to the…[Read more]

Interesting analysis. Since the entire is goal is to elect a Democrat, we do need to look at all the angles.

I like this analysis!

What is Mariner saying? I cannot accept paragraph one. Paragraphs two and three are fine. But I would not toss a bone to the base!