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Category Archives: Art
WHAT? Forgive Student LOANS???
Greetings and Salutations; The Biden Administration is pushing ahead and making significant advances in undoing the madness of the proceeding administration, and, dealing some some serious issues facing citizens. One of the long-term issues that has been the subject of … Continue reading
Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2022
Greetings and Salutations. I did not want today to slip away without some observations on the past, and today. The Holocaust was an obscenity, perpetuated by a fascist, totalitarian dictator on a part of the society for no reason other … Continue reading
Ethical Journalism?
Greetings and Salutations. There are so many folks who are disrespecting journalists and media these days, it is truly horrifying. While some media deserves it, being nothing more than propaganda outlets for a particular agenda, many of the news sources … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Misc, Observations, Politics, Something Good This Way Comes
Tagged Code, ethics, Journalism, Media, propaganda
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Ten years later…or how life can go Pear Shaped. Adventures with Hep C
Some of the writing here may be uncomfortable to read…fair warning! I am, for the first time, going to discuss my travails with Hep C, and where I have gotten to on that complicated path. If any of you reading … Continue reading
Posted in Advances in Healthcare, Art, Ethics, Family, General Thoughts, Heath, Humanity, Observations, Ruminations, Watercolor
Tagged chronic problems, Giant Microbes, Hep C, life changes, physical issues, Vanderbilt
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Some thoughts on 09/11: Are we driven by fear?
Greetings and Salutations; Today is the 19th anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Towers by fanatics that had taken over airliners. Even today, the images I saw on television that morning are as sharp as they were on … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Family, Humanity, Improving Life, Misc, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations
Tagged elections, Fear, hope, Republicans, Right-Wing, solutions, Terrorism
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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 27 – A Real Revolution?
I thought, when the ground-swell of protest after Mr. Floyd’s murder began, that this event might be the straw that broke the camel’s back. That it is the blatant act of Evil that will waken the majority to realize what … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Misc, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Ruminations
Tagged civil rights, Equality, George Floyd, murder, protests, Sea Change, violence
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Civil Discourse on a Touchy Subject, Part 2
Greetings and Salutations! Some time ago, I wrote an article here addressing the issue of how a Christian can share the Word without triggering an instinctive, negative reaction. Although it surprises me, apparently some folks DO read my blog, as … Continue reading
Posted in Cosmology, Ethics, General, Humanity, Misc, Observations, Ruminations
Tagged Christianity, Evil, good, Perversion, religion
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Art for Art’s Sake (and I am not talking about Garfunkel, here…)
Greetings and Salutations; Just as a diversion from the ugliness of the day, I want to tell y’all a short story that is at least 40 years in the making. . . When I was in my 20s, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Characters, General, Humanity, MultiMedia, Ruminations, Sculpture, Something Good This Way Comes
Tagged aesthetics, bow saw, eccentricity, Native American, woven art
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Why SHOULD Confederate Statues be removed?
Greetings and Salutations; This week has seen madness in this Great Land that has not happened in decades. The Events in Charlottesville, VA, are easily found on the Net, in all their disgusting detail. I may touch on … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Politics, Sculpture
Tagged Charlottesville, Civil War, Monuments, Neo Nazi, White Supremacy
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Tick, Tick, Tick….A PSA for the Summer
Greetings and Salutations… A small PSA for the Summer. For whatever reason, the flea, mosquito and tick problem is pretty terrible this year. The relatively warm winter, the early warm up to Spring-like temps, and the rains that have swept … Continue reading
Posted in General Thoughts, Heath, Misc
Tagged Back Wood OFF, DEET, Diatoms, Fleas, mosquitoes, Prevention, Ticks
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Bees….Nature’s Artists!
Greetings and Salutations; Bees are interesting creatures. They sometimes do amazing things, all driven by nothing but instance. We, who are their Guardians, are, at times, amazed by what they do. For example…I am sure y’all … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beekeeping, Ruminations, Sculpture
Tagged artistry, bees, honey comb, sculpture, wild comb
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Allegiance? Allegiance to WHAT?
Greetings and Salutations; Today, February 19th 2017, is the 75th anniversary of a shameful event in America’s history. Executive Order 9066 (issued on February 19, 1942), signed by FDR, authorized the forced removal and Internment of approximately 120,000 Japanese-American citizens. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ethics, Humanity, Misc, Nuttiness, Politics, Questionable decisions
Tagged allegiance, george takei, movie, musical, Rememberance Day
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What to do now?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, the deed is done. The Electoral College has proved that it has abandoned all of the responsibilities that Hamilton placed on it, and become a useless rubber stamp for the Establishment. Because of this, Caesar … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Misc, Nuttiness, Political rants, Ruminations
Tagged dictatorship, failure, protests, resistance, Trump
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Texas Rules The TextBook World (And why this is BAD)
Greetings and Salutations; Texas shows up again in my sights…and the news from there is mixed. As I indicated in the title of this essay, the Texas state School Board tends to control the content of … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Misc, Nuttiness, Questionable decisions
Tagged Agenda 21, conspiracies, facts, Illuminati, Pres. Obama, Texas School Board, textbooks, United Nations
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The Economy – Bees and Humans…
Are These Equivalent? *** Warning! What follows includes factual data, personal opinions and some painting with a broad brush *** ….. I keep finding interesting topics to mediate on as I crawl around the intricate weave of the Net. … Continue reading
Political Foolishness
Greetings and Salutations; There has been a burst of mindless lies and rants from Right-Wingers showing up on Face Book and while I realize trying to combat the problem with facts is probably like trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, General, General Thoughts, Humanity, Misc, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Uncategorized
Tagged President Obama, Right-Wingers
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I am feeling a little stuffed today….
Greetings and salutations; Once again, I am relieved to find that there are stranger people than me out there. I ran across this link about Walter Potter, who lived around the 1850-1890 time frame. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ethics, General, Humanity, Misc, MultiMedia, Nuttiness, Observations, Questionable decisions, Sculpture, Something Good This Way Comes
Tagged taxidermy, victorian, walter potter
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Who the Hell is THAT?
Greetings and Salutations; Some time ago, I was poking through Ebay on one of those random walks to see what nuttiness was posted there, when I ran across a delightful little statue of a cat perched … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Characters, General, Sculpture
Tagged discovery, puzzlement, Statue cat on books, Tristan
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