All Purls. No Swine.
She was Willie Nelson's big sister, happy to be overshadowed in her career by he little brother, who called her, "the most talented of all the Nelsons." This is just lovely: https://youtu.be/DDffMxTcgJY I suspect that--as often happens in such relationships--she truly was the wind beneath his wings. https://youtu.be/lh9aOV1FLg4
Lord. I am grateful to be where I am. Out here in God's country. With a house, a barn, a few dozen acres, and a generator. And a well. And an (expensive but extraordinarily useful) hand pump that will let me raise sweet water from 100 feet below ground level, should propane, or oil, or… Continue reading Surviving the Apocalypse–Or At Least, the Next Few Years of Joe Biden–Whichever Comes First
The year was 1956. I knew something was horribly wrong that night, when Ahmadu dropped the soup! Normally exquisitely self-possessed, immaculately groomed, and imperturbable, our man-servant and friend was disheveled, the color of cement, and shaking like a leaf with acute anxiety and palpable fear. Our little family—myself, Kay, and our imperious eighteen-month-old daughter, known… Continue reading Gagara Yasin
They say stereotypes exist for a reason. And I guess that's true. "Birdbrains gonna birdbrain," as it were (not talking about you, backyard chickens; please keep laying eggs). Just as those with no capability for original thought are doomed to borrow and parrot (apologies for the repeated "bird" references; again--backyard chickens--I'm not talking about you!)… Continue reading What’s Your Candidate for the Most Overused Internet Meme of All Time?
Unlike many these days, I don’t pretend to know exactly what’s going to happen in Ukraine over the short and long term. My own position is that Russia has invaded a sovereign country that has just as much right to make its own way as does any other, and that that fact in and of… Continue reading Russian Soldiers: “We were deceived and used like meat shields”
From today's "Mid-Week in Pictures" Post. Perhaps not quite as definitive as it once was, but still worth taking heed:
Surely you remember the word? It was coined a few years ago to define establishment Republicans who--according to those more edgy--had failed themselves, their constituents, and their country, and were headed--following the 2016 election of Donald Trump--into oblivion. Well, almost. The word was CUCK-servative. What Lewis Carroll would have called a "portmanteau" word, derived from… Continue reading Cluckservative?