Category: Uncategorized

So far, this July has been a wet month. Rain every day or every other day. The weeds that look like a green carpet when mowed love the rain. I do, too. I dislike watering my plants and the more it rains, the less I have to water. And the temperatures have been in the…

If there are other dimensions, then space isn’t the final frontier. Maybe, that was a bit of aspirational conceit on the part of Star Trek, as the depths of the oceans and the recesses of the human mind haven’t been fully explored. Do white people have memory? Read a speech given by the Texas Democrat…

How many iterations of Superman have I watched? I have to start with the Superman of black and white television, then the one in the late seventies, and more than a couple since then. I watched the latest version and it was loud and, I must be losing my taste for superhero movies, kind of…

The square root of negative one is symbolized by the lower case i. Such a number is imaginary. I think we must find our imagined self in order to truly know ourselves. The upper case I (ego) is a shallowness that feeds upon the physical to the detriment of this Earth. I think the lower…

I suppose this fallen oak tree is going through the natural cycle of decay. At first, it sprouted new growth and, after a while, the new growth died. Now, the decaying wood is hosting plants like poke weed. Nature is fascinating! Too many of us believe that the Interregnum, mid-1960s to circa 2000, would lead…

The leaning tower of Pisa’s foundation rests on a mixture of clay, sand, and shells, which is particularly soft and uneven, especially on the south side. This soft subsoil could not properly support the tower’s massive weight of approximately 14,500 tons, leading to the tilt that became noticeable during construction in the late 12th century (around the…

Above is a hoary pine tree that overshadows a corner of the cemetery where my mother is buried. Someone, I don’t remember who, said that when the church burned back in the 1920’s many of the wooden markers burned. I wonder if this cedar tree was a survivor of that fire. It’s branches are twisted…

Maybe that is what we, the people, should write as an epitaph to the experiment that is known as the United States–Go in peace. Let another experiment built on facts and grounded in history take its place. Grandiloquent words and phrases cannot provide cover for the lies that this country was built on, especially when…

I recently found out that banana tree sends out underground roots and each year trees grow from those roots. The prior year’s tree’s stump decays into the earth. I was gifted with a banana plant and thought I had killed it by cutting it down. Now, I have three or four trees growing in that…

This rabbit is back. I wonder where its companion is? Being a trad-rabbit somewhere in a burrow with the little rabbits? Going through a cool spell–Blackberry Winter? The berry canes are blooming! “Journalist: What do you think of Western civilization? Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.” Mark Twain–“There are many humorous things…