Who am I kidding? There’s an old Zen koan, that goes like this: ”Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” Substitute “indictment” for “enlightenment”, and it might be the most proper motto for today: As I write, the sun is coming up, just as it always has. A neighbor is … Continue reading This is NOT a Day for Schadenfreude!
[NOTE: For those, like this blogger, who is taking a spring break from indictment chatter until indictments really happen (if they do), this passage from a talk given in 1998 by the late Friend Bill Kreidler, is meant to help us cope with our withdrawal symptoms via distraction.] Bill Kreidler: It was about eight years … Continue reading A Gay Quaker’s Unexpected Encounter With A Catholic Mystic Saint
[NOTE: Nick Kristof was one of the New York Times’s most intrepid foreign correspondents, reporting from one far distant, demanding locale after another for 37 years, as often writing from obscure, out-of-the-spotlight places as from front-page hotspots. He was also notoriously upbeat and public-spirited, always digging for signs of hope and even tiny green shoots of … Continue reading Nicholas Kristof: how a “Barefoot College” is Empowering Some of the Least Powerful in India
…? Friday the Fair Wendy & I went out on a search for good redbuds. It’s been a tough year for my favorite spring blooms, with warm days encouraging opening, then sunsets sinking into subfreezing shriveling nights; some sleet, strong winds, etc.
AP News: Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster to stop anti-trans bill BY MARGERY A. BECK — March 14, 2023 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then … Continue reading Two Trans Fights: One-Woman Nebraska Filibuster Against Anti-Trans Bill Is In Its 3rd Week — While Arkansas Guv Signs Similar Bill