I was looking for a single word that was the opposite of “kindness”…couldn’t find one. I wrote it out in big, block letters and held it up to a mirror…that didn’t make the point. I suppose it’s telling that it’s not so simple. You have to put some effort into…
Anne Parsons saved my life Of course, She would make that throat-clearing laugh Or give you the look-away grin If presented with such an idea But Anne’s propensity for rescue Both quiet and boisterous Calm and intense Was her superpower Any wrong that could be righted Or diva, (more likely,…
I’ve checked and there is no reason whatsoever for the continued existence of Vladimir Putin. I’m not a proponent of capital punishment, although I do have concerns about the overcrowding and polluting of the gene pool. Perhaps, there is an uncomfortably humid, mosquito-infested island somewhere that would be perfect for…
Crimes Against Humanity: Sadly, since humans are, at best, a disappointment to the humanity for which we are technically the root, the lists of horrors that we have heaped upon each other, (as well as nearly every other living thing on Earth), is so spine-tinglingly brutal, staring too intently could…
That would be the Cyrillic script for Russia, the last stop of my traceable ancestry. The origin of the script is Bulgarian from the mid eighth century, making its way to the land that would first be called the Tsardom of Russia by Ivan IV in 1547, and later, the Russian…
STOP PUTIN! Where the fuck is Bond…James Bond?
Creatures are preparers. We’ve all seen the nature videos of animals preparing for childbirth or winter or on-coming disaster. Human history is rife with evolutionary food storage techniques and fortification against natural and manmade catastrophe. You’d think, in this high-tech age of problem-solving, that the processes would be more available,…
This is probably too big a topic to dip my toe into, but…here goes. Public outcry, (thanks to the Internetal ease of distribution), has reached historic levels. The pro and con of every conceivable issue is posted, reposted, glorified and debunked endlessly and at lightning speed. The origins are casual,…
Hardly anything buoys the human spirit as the irrational wave of feeling loved. Maybe, loving back is a close second. I admit that I am anthropologically challenged and there may be cultures that address this quirky emotion in ways that I can’t comprehend, but I think it’s a safe bet…
The Republican National Committee set aside a bit of time this week from censuring Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger to pass a resolution or profess, as part of their manifesto, that those who stormed the Capital Building on January 6th, intent on killing members of Congress and Vice President Pence,…