A Breakout Political Performance Held Over By [UN]Popular Demand: “George Santos”
In yesterday’s New York Times, columnist Michelle Cottle picked “George Santos”, said by some to be a Congressman-elect, as political con man of 2022:
Category Archives: “Dog Days” Diversions
My 2022 Rollercoaster: Photos & Cartoons, Part 1
January 2022: was it sunrise for Democracy, or sunset? We weren’t the only worried ones . . . . . . In Washington, the Supremes were busy working up their new minority rule act, with a special interest in the coming midterm elections, and protecting their withering reputations from the “stench” of their “ethics free … Continue reading My 2022 Rollercoaster: Photos & Cartoons, Part 1
Two More Quaker Pre-Holiday Stories!
Want to hear the Christmas story told from a non-supernatural, anti-colonial perspective? Here it is, by Friend Helena Cobban, from Charlottesville VA, and her justworld educational site. Then to follow up is another one, from me. It happened in Brooklyn New York, in 1967. I call it, How I Got So Lucky. Previous pre-holiday stories: … Continue reading Two More Quaker Pre-Holiday Stories!
Considering My Marian Pilgrimages, on Guadalupe Pilgrimage Day in Mexico
Even after all these years, I find it a somehow appealing story: 491 years ago, in December 1531 near Mexico City, a humble peasant named Juan Diego told the archbishop of Mexico City he had been visited while climbing a hill by a heavenly woman, now known as Our Lady of Guadalupe. The lady told … Continue reading Considering My Marian Pilgrimages, on Guadalupe Pilgrimage Day in Mexico
Quaker Book Review: “The Living Remnant” Rides Again
The Living Remnant & Other Quaker Tales. By “KKK,” (Edith Florence O’Brien.) Published by Headley Brothers in UK, 1900. A Friend came across this book and passed along a link. It’s a series of four related stories about a tightly-knit (i. e., very insular) British Quaker meeting community, in about 1875. The “tales” portray, … Continue reading Quaker Book Review: “The Living Remnant” Rides Again