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.
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
[NOTE: I guess there are no coincidences. Thursday Sept. 1 I took part in a final Zoom call with some friends in Arizona, who are part of an experimental community east of Tucson called Saguaro-Juniper, or S-J for short. S-J is named after the famous Saguaro cacti that grow around there. Then this morning, Friday, … Continue reading Loss of A Landmark: 200 Year-Old Arizona Cactus Collapses
I Was Injured by a White Supremacist in Charlottesville. Strangers Lifted Me Up. New York Times — Aug. 11, 2022 By Constance Paige Young Ms. Paige Young is a racial justice activist and an advocate for survivors of sexual violence. She was among the counterprotesters injured in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017. In July 2017 … Continue reading Charlottesville: Anniversary of An Atrocity
The Guardian From: Why are the younger Trumps so awful? Did you hear the speeches at Ivana’s funeral? By Arwa Mahdawi — 26 July 2022 It is hard to feel sorry for extremely awful, obscenely rich people – particularly in the middle of a cost of living crisis – but I found myself feeling weirdly … Continue reading Can’t Look Away: Ivana Sleeps With The Sharks—Scenes from Her Funeral