Out of the London Mud Come the London Cabbages

4 years ago

A friend is reading Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science,…

Where I Am At

4 years ago

I like to learn and one of the things I have learned is that I really don't like being taught.…

The Fifth Fact

4 years ago

There's a move afoot to rename the ten American military bases named for Confederates No more forts named for the…

For Marty, After All

5 years ago

Good friends, gone now. Their photographs on my wall. Until some stranger takes them down, throws them away. No reason…

Groceries Get Delivered, Learning Does Not

5 years ago

Knowing that as far as our Federal Government is concerned I am - along with pretty much everyone else - …

Sailing Through This to That

5 years ago

May the tide carry you out beyond the face of fear. Three poems for Sunday. Yesterday it snowed and I…

The New Abnormal

5 years ago

It’s not coronavirus alone but it was almost a final straw on top of other financial threats. Schools are braced…

Travel by Tea Towel

5 years ago

Doesn't look like any of us are going to be traveling any time soon so I'm glad to have the…

For Elaine

5 years ago

To a Sewist extraordinaire, with thanks. This is just to say ...  . (Pictures to follow once they have been…

April and Silence: Three and a Bit from Tomas Tranströmer

5 years ago

Politics without mercy, demonic world events, power without responsibility, nature takes flight. National Insecurity The Under Secretary leans forward and…