All Purls. No Swine.
. . . from Geoffrey Chaucer, who, as with so many other things, is often credited with starting it all. His dream vision poem, The Parliament of Fowls, was written about 1380 and begins with the narrator (who seems not to know how to love, has perhaps never been in love, and will very likely never… Continue reading Happy Seynt Valentyn’s Day!
Cannot believe it's here already. Where has January gone? And February almost half-over! (That it isn't quite, in about 23 hours--in my time zone--can only be attributed to the fact that this is a leap year.) Ubi sunt? (The Latinistas among us (the one or two that I know of) will understand this.) It's a… Continue reading Pancake Tuesday, 2024
An update to what's becoming a RWKJ Valentine's Day tradition: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Ahhh, “Meerkat Love.” Remember that hoary old song from the mid-1970s by that odd duo, Captain and Tennille? Yeah, I’m sorry to say that I remember it too. (A note to the unwary: I know that’s not the actual title of the song, but close… Continue reading Cry Me a Cockroach: Valentine’s Day, 2024
You remember him. He’s the United States Marine who–while still on active duty–excoriated his chain of command regarding their decision to leave Afghanistan in August of 2021. There were several posts about it on Ricochet at, and just after, the time (some of them even by me) Here are a few of them: https://ricochet.com/1036403/honor-courage-and-commitment-a-usmc-ltcol-speaks-out/ https://ricochet.com/1036424/pointed-questions/… Continue reading Whatever Happened to LtCol Stuart Scheller, USMC, Fired?
Oh, my giddy aunt. Such excitement in the US this evening. Joe Biden was to "speak" at 7:45pm Eastern time (12:45GMT). Could he be resigning? Or at the very least, announcing that he wasn't going to run for President again later this year? Oh, pleeze, pleeze, pleeze, God. Let it be true. Umm. No. Ever… Continue reading You Thought Biden Was Going To Resign? Have You Been Living Under a Rock? Or Just Floating in an Otherworldly Bubble With Two or Three of Your Loony Friends?
Dateline December 31, 2023: (I forgot to post this here at the time.) We’ve just returned from a viewing down the road, and very lovely it was. Currently enjoying what may be my new favorite cocktail, The Bee’s Knees, in an attempt to warm up from the foul weather outside. For best results, try it… Continue reading Movie Recommendation: The Boys in the Boat
I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it--Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol First off, Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens! He was born 212 years ago,**… Continue reading Quote of the Day: On the Chains We Make (Or Don’t)
It was sixty-five years ago today, on February 3, 1959. I was four years old. Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed when their plane, a Beechcraft Bonanza, crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, when the pilot lost control of the plane in bad winter weather, and… Continue reading The Day the Music Died: 65 Years Ago
Twenty-two years ago today, on February 1, 2002, American Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl was murdered, live, on what the West considers "social media." I won't link to it. Search for it if you want to. And, if you do want to, please remove yourself from comments here. God. Rest in peace, American hero.… Continue reading Daniel Pearl, Twenty-Two Years On