So yesterday I’m scrolling through the New York Times, and then up pops this big ad: If I was writing copy for that ad, the statue would be pointing at the reader and the bold bright headline would thunder “BERLIN WANTS YOU!” But that message still got through, especially if one clicked a link to … Continue reading A Durham Double-Take & Berlin Wants You! (Who — Me?? No — YOU!)
Maybe— This wasn’t written on the subway walls, or some tenement halls; It isn’t a mashup of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; Or the boxer, humming ly-la-lye while homeward bound. But maybe . . . it could turn out to be a Bridge Over Troubled Waters . . . The Guardian: ‘I was a fool’: … Continue reading Maybe There’s Hope: Simon & Garfunkel Are Friends Again . . .
The latest “review” of Tell It Slant comes from Olympia, Washington Friends Meeting: 24-08-08 Library Committee — Ramona Hinkle shared a book report: Tell It Slant – Chuck Fager, A Prophetic Life of Adventure & Writing on Religion, War and Justice, Love and Laughter by Emma Lapsansky-Werner and Chuck I considered reviewing this book with … Continue reading Excerpt #7, Tell It Slant: “Life Falls on You Like a Ton of Bricks”
Note: The weather forecast below is real, though I’ve jiggered the format. And reposting it is a bit whimsical, but not a joke. Among the most effective and non-brutal “crowd control” techniques for events like the coming DNC are: rain (especially with thunder & lightning); and sweltering heat (especially with lakeside humidity). Either one holds … Continue reading “You DO Need a Weatherman” — DNC Protest Forecast (& Cartoons)
Richard Nixon resigned 50 years ago. The political world has never been the same. David Jackson USA TODAY August 8, 2024 WASHINGTON – Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that still echoes in today’s very different political … Continue reading OMG! Nixon Resigned 50 Years Ago! A Great American/Quaker Nostalgia Read