The calendar may say it’s a holiday, but all around the house, In The Yard, there’s “work going on” today: steadily, indifferently, variously, in dead earnest. The summer is drying out: hot, very little rain, parched. Yet there must be underground currents here, because we don’t water much, still most stuff remains green. To the east, … Continue reading In The Yard: A Labor Day Update & Exhibit.
Labor Day Secrets: 2026 Update (Enhanced by AI —Already Inscribed) Why can locksmiths stay open on Labor Day? Because they are key workers. Q: Why do managers never go bowling with their employees? A: Because they’re afraid of strikes! My Labor Day plans are simple: honor years of hard work by refusing to locate my … Continue reading This One Weird Trick Will guarantee to Fully Empty Your Brain Before Labor Day Brunch — Try It NOW!
Schisms over slavery, women and now, sexuality: A history of fractures among Methodists Raleigh NC News & Observer Un-united Methodists The church has long delayed an anticipated split over LGBTQ issues — until now. It’s not going to be easy. As some in North Carolina look to disaffiliate from UMC for more conservative theology, others … Continue reading U. S. Methodist Church Splitting Over LGBTQs & Gay Marriage
Big Change: U.S. veterans agency to offer abortions in cases of rape, incest & health risks Reuters — September 2, 2022 By Ismail Shakil The U.S. government will provide abortion services for the first time ever to veterans in cases of rape or incest, or when the pregnancy puts the life of the woman at … Continue reading VA Will Perform Abortions In Special Cases
Too busy . . . Someone here fits that description . . . Heading for Kyiv . . . then where? Will all our most extravagant hopes end this way? Ghosts: Gorby & Reagan . . . What if Mikhail had borrowed Ronnie’s astrologer .. .?? In post-Gorbachev Russia, this now passes for freedom of … Continue reading Gorbachev: An Elegy in Images