MIKE STOBBE — Associated Press August 10, 2023 If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text the Crisis Text Line at 741-741. It is a free 24/7 service that can provide suicidal persons or those around them with support, information and … Continue reading U. S. Suicides Hit All-Time High in 2022
Outside our kitchen door, a single daisy has appeared. Daisies are generally pretty good at standing up for themselves. But our Daisy faces a very serious challenge; she appeared in the middle of a larger patch of very pushy, one might even say aggressive and imperialistic morning glories.
[Almost no one is paying attention. Voices crying in the wilderness. Luke 19: 39 Then some of the Pharisees in the crowd spoke to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “command your disciples to be quiet!” 40 Jesus answered, “I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting.”] BY MARI YAMAGUCHI AP —August 9, … Continue reading Nagasaki: AP News: Nagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing with mayor urging world to abolish nuclear weapons
The Guardian — Fri 4 Aug 2023 The fight for democracy Kira Lerner Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era voting law struck down by federal appeals court 2-1 ruling on policy that revoked voting rights for certain people with felony convictions is surprise victory from conservative court A federal appeals court on August 4 struck down Mississippi’s Jim … Continue reading An Overdue Blow at the Roots of White Minority Rule in The Deep, Deep South
The forested lower slopes of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State are dense and not much inhabited. But, venturing there in recent decades, walkers might well believe they had discovered an Old Man of the Woods. He wore a brown peaked cap, like an elf’s, on white dreadlocked hair that fell to his shoulders. His … Continue reading Sun Ray Kelley: Elfin Eco-Architect