Category Archives: “Dog Days” Diversions

Dog Days Ruminations: Vegas, Elvis, the Fab Four & The End (Or Not) of An Era

This post is adapted from Tell It Slant, by Emma Lapsansky Werner. Having a stroke in October 2019 slowed — but didn’t stop — Chuck Fager’s completion of another new book: Passing The Torch. It’s Chuck’s valedictory collection of autobiographical essays by eleven Quakers of this generation, invited not for worldly renown, but because he … Continue reading Dog Days Ruminations: Vegas, Elvis, the Fab Four & The End (Or Not) of An Era →

Quakers & Communists– A Quick Dog Days History

Communists & Quakers The Redbaiter-In-Chief hasn’t said it yet, but he could: Quakers and Communists go together like kale and potlucks. It’s not a new story, or set of stories. Until this summer I wouldn’t have mentioned them other than for occasional nostalgia value. But then in June, # 47 yanked a rattling skeleton out … Continue reading Quakers & Communists– A Quick Dog Days History →

Following Orders, Refusing Orders: Ploesti, Richmond, Me, and — Well, Higher-Ups

In the military, you don’t follow your bliss. You follow your orders. And your orders are in pursuit of a mission. You may — or may not — understand the mission. The higher-ups sending you may not understand it either. It may even be a stupid, self-destructive numnuts scheme, FUBAR (look it up). But their … Continue reading Following Orders, Refusing Orders: Ploesti, Richmond, Me, and — Well, Higher-Ups →

Guest Post: Elizabeth Fry

ELIZABETH FRY Adapted from a presentation by Sue Fry, an attender at Spring Friends Meeting in Snow Camp, North Carolina, on July 12, 2026 Elizabeth Gurney Fry — born in 1780 in Norfolk, England, about 100 miles NE of London — was a pioneering English social reformer and Quaker minister whose spent her life … Continue reading Guest Post: Elizabeth Fry →

Guest Post: A Jewish Quaker’s Anguished Journey (Long Read; Worth It)

A Jewish-Quaker’s Anguished Spiritual Journey Sandy Green [NOTE: Reprinted with permission from Types & Shadows, The Journal of the Fellowship of Quakers & The Arts, Issue #108. More info on FQA at: fqaquaker.org] Here’s a Summary of My Story: I am a Jewish Quaker, an Anti-Zionist Jew, I am a Survivor of Sexual Abuse Who … Continue reading Guest Post: A Jewish Quaker’s Anguished Journey (Long Read; Worth It) →