I promise to keep posting photos on the blog and keeping the blog running. But don’t send Sheriff Chuck if I do an all-stop for a month or so, regarding all news and discussions. I think I need to replenish and reorient. But you are all in my heart and hopes meanwhile. ✨💖✨ puddle and/or Susan, feel free to alert me if something big happens.
Thank you Catreona! I may take you up on that. If you ever see me goof and miss a day, feel free to step in, as I might not catch it as quickly as usual!
Thanks to all of you for your kind words. I am really fine. For weeks I've felt drawn to more silence and less banter, and the weekend's news simply underscored that the time has come. It gave me the little push I've been needing. I'm spending more time in silence (so replenishing) and listening to related podcasts by Martin Laird and James Finley and more. Loving it.
From Quartz Daily News: Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron meet in Paris. The Chinese and French leaders are expected to sign a series of cooperation deals on nuclear power, aerospace, and clean energy initiatives, some involving lucrative contracts.
Just one more example of how Trump's anti-diplomacy is helping China.
trump reminds me of nothing so much as a very fat little pug dog, yapping and yapping and yapping. And when confronted the pug rolls onto its back, exposes its belly and pees itself. That's trump. He's too stupid and too lazy to be president.
I'm reading a fascinating book, Walls: a history of civilization in blood and brick by David Frye, New York : Scribner, 2018 ISBN: 9781501172700.. The author is an archaeologist and historian and the book is quite engaging as well as very interesting.
I thought I remembered that the Sumerians did not build walls around their cities, at least in the beginning. A quick check of the Internet does not confirm that. I found reference to the well nigh incredible Wall of Gorgan, which I hadn't known anything about.
I plan to wait until taxes are taken care of--we meet with the tax preparer next Tuesday. I had to admit that finally, after 50 years, it was time to have someone do it for me; it had become too blasted complicated.
Thinking of walls, I once saw (and failed to purchase) a book about a "wall" the Brits built in India to prevent smugglers from evading the salt tax. The Brits did what they then knew--they built an incredibly long, impenetrable, north-south hedge, with very strong trees, many with sharp thorns. Gates were located here and there along the way, attended by tax collectors. There are still a few bits of the hedge here and there.
David Corn at Mother Jones: Trump Aided and Abetted Russia’s Attack. That Was Treachery. Full Stop. [Click] “The scandal may not be a crime. It’s a betrayal.”
ReplyDeleteTreason is a high crime.
Delete'Coal is on the way out': study finds fossil fuel now pricier than solar or wind [Click] “Around 75% of coal production is more expensive than renewables, with industry out-competed on cost by 2025”
ReplyDeletePete Buttigieg: 2020 Democratic candidate surges to third place in new [Iowa] poll [Click] Early days horse race reporting, but still interesting.
It's not just renewables that coal is competing with. Thanks to fracking, natural gas will be significantly cheaper for the next decade or two.
DeleteAmerica Blew It on Arugula [Click] Maybe rocket would take off?
ReplyDeleteGreat piece of writing. Very entertaining and informative too.
DeleteI promise to keep posting photos on the blog and keeping the blog running. But don’t send Sheriff Chuck if I do an all-stop for a month or so, regarding all news and discussions. I think I need to replenish and reorient. But you are all in my heart and hopes meanwhile. ✨💖✨
ReplyDeletepuddle and/or Susan, feel free to alert me if something big happens.
During the darkest times of my life, and there have been a few, I just keep repeating my mantra: Survival is the best revenge.
DeleteBest wishes for what I can only call recovery. I find these interesting times in both the regular and Chinese senses of the term
DeleteAll the best, Listener. Let me know if you want me to post front page stuff now and then, frequently or whatever.
DeleteHave a very good R&R, listener. I shall respect your need to disconnect.
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DeleteThank you Catreona! I may take you up on that. If you ever see me goof and miss a day, feel free to step in, as I might not catch it as quickly as usual!
Thanks to all of you for your kind words. I am really fine. For weeks I've felt drawn to more silence and less banter, and the weekend's news simply underscored that the time has come. It gave me the little push I've been needing. I'm spending more time in silence (so replenishing) and listening to related podcasts by Martin Laird and James Finley and more. Loving it.
From Quartz Daily News:
ReplyDeleteXi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron meet in Paris. The Chinese and French leaders are expected to sign a series of cooperation deals on nuclear power, aerospace, and clean energy initiatives, some involving lucrative contracts.
Just one more example of how Trump's anti-diplomacy is helping China.
I believe it is unprecedented for a dominant country to willingly surrender its dominance.
Deletetrump reminds me of nothing so much as a very fat little pug dog, yapping and yapping and yapping. And when confronted the pug rolls onto its back, exposes its belly and pees itself. That's trump. He's too stupid and too lazy to be president.
DeleteI'm reading a fascinating book, Walls: a history of civilization in blood and brick by David Frye, New York : Scribner, 2018 ISBN: 9781501172700.. The author is an archaeologist and historian and the book is quite engaging as well as very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI thought I remembered that the Sumerians did not build walls around their cities, at least in the beginning. A quick check of the Internet does not confirm that. I found reference to the well nigh incredible Wall of Gorgan, which I hadn't known anything about.
DeleteSpeaking of books, Alan, have you had a chance to start Beowulf?
DeleteI plan to wait until taxes are taken care of--we meet with the tax preparer next Tuesday. I had to admit that finally, after 50 years, it was time to have someone do it for me; it had become too blasted complicated.
DeleteThinking of walls, I once saw (and failed to purchase) a book about a "wall" the Brits built in India to prevent smugglers from evading the salt tax. The Brits did what they then knew--they built an incredibly long, impenetrable, north-south hedge, with very strong trees, many with sharp thorns. Gates were located here and there along the way, attended by tax collectors. There are still a few bits of the hedge here and there.
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