BurningbirdWhen Chris Locke sent around an email containing the photograph and words found in this post, I wrote an email in reply: I am probably getting old, and losing whatever I once had of any delicate sensibilities, but I can’t help thinking that dreams are wonderful when walking quietly by yourself in the woods; keeping you […]
This week and last have been difficult weeks, starting with the storms and then the situation with the IRS. Thanks to the Taxpayer Advocate’s office, we have established that a) I have done nothing wrong, and b) the revenue officer has gone way beyond standard operating procedure in her behavior. All forms that need filed, […]
The weather report last Friday said that the Mississippi River was above the high-water mark and would most likely reach flood stage by Sunday or Monday. Since I was taking a long drive on Saturday anyway, I thought I would head north to check out the Sip in a state park close to the state […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I can’t be the only person who is uncomfortable with the premise behind Spirit of America. But I looked around, and see nothing but universal approval of this organization. Look at the premise behind this organization–it fills requests submitted by service people. This sounds good, true. But it also sounds like […]
..and why should we care because he doesn’t have a lot of female readers? He wrote: I’m a bit surprised that there hasn’t been more discussion of the overwhelmingly male (on the order of 80%) cast of political blog readership. At first glance, one might think of this as an internet issue, related to hardy perennials […]