Eighteen years ago yesterday (or maybe it was today; dates get fuzzy), we had a fire in the attic at Quaker House: very old wiring got overloaded. We were lucky, though. Our friend Sean Crane was visiting, and he raced up the attic stairs with a fire extinguisher. By the time the engines got there, … Continue reading Eighteen Years & Counting
if you saw this guy wandering the streets with his weatherbeaten sign, it was probably me. And . . . The original of this Far Side cartoon is much funnier, but it doesn’t keep me awake. Besides . . . Since last time I saw the same therapist, but it didn’t help. More about this … Continue reading It’s Almost Here, Again . . .
So I went to COSTCO the other day, looking for this and that, but not a rotisserie chicken. I really like their roasters: plump, juicy, and at 3 pounds for $4.99 the very model of a major-league loss leader. But I had recently had chicken, so this time I was just rolling past the big … Continue reading Flying the Coop: Where Have All the Chickens Gone???
This weekend, Chuck Fager told the true story of Eating Dr. King’s Dinner, by Zoom at the historic Fairfield Friends Meeting in Camby, Indiana, near Indianapolis. The invitation came from Fairfield’s well-known pastor (and best-selling author) Phil Gulley. You can now watch Chuck telling this story (34 minutes), right now, at this free link. (You … Continue reading King Day Special! “Eating Dr. King’s Dinner” – Told LIVE
Having read and pondered the lengthy memo from General Secretary Joyce Aljouny laying out the plans for the latest AFSC Restructure, I think I’ve figured out what’s going on there. It has little to do with the current effort to stoke a staff rebellion, so we’ll deal with that only in passing. Its roots, I … Continue reading AFSC After “The Day The Movement Died”