THREE — Across the Universe: Getting Home Is Hard To Do
I had moved to San Francisco from Boston in late 1975, following my daughters, who were there with my soon-to-be ex-wife. Starting over as a writer/reporter there kept me on a tight budget.Continue reading The Island of Two Stories: Part Three of Four
When I landed on Nantucket in the fall of 1976, I had a head full of the [American] Revolution, enough cash for a cramped bedroom in an unfashionable boardinghouse, but no nanny. So my two daughters, Annika (self-nicknamed “Kiki,”) age 7 and Molly, a precocious 4, were back in San Francisco with their mother, from whom I was quietly getting divorced.
…?
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. Continue reading Redbud Riot – 2023
Judge suggests abortion might be protected by 13th Amendment despite Supreme Court ruling
By Dan Mangan
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., suggested in a court order in a criminal case against a group of anti-abortion activists that the federal right to abortion might still be protected by the Constitution’s 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
Continue reading Breaking: Could the 13th Amendment Revive Abortion Rights?
