Greetings and Salutations! Sometimes it seems as if I have more cats than bees…and since I have NO desire to… Read more
Category: Ruminations
General philosophical musings on bees and beekeeping
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 22
Greetings and Salutations! Today, in the House, much of the time has been spent by the two parties working on… Read more
In Memoriam: Tamela Shanelle Moore
Greetings and Salutations. A few days ago, as my wife and I were returning to the house after a quick… Read more
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… Read more
The Fruits of Hubris, Conspiracy Loonies and Poor Education
Ran into the following thread on a Philosophy group I follow. DS: THIS POST IS ABOUT AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS… Read more
Greta Thunberg and addressing the G4
Greetings and Salutations. The other day, in the Civil Discourse group on Facebook, the following comment was posted, decrying Ms…. Read more
Talking with a Cultist, part 2
I had an interesting discussion in a thread today, and, one of the posts was involved enough that I decided… Read more
“Christians” and Welfare
Greetings and Salutations. The following interaction that I had of Facebook illustrates the sort of difficulties I run into when… Read more
Fair Well, Forest (a tale of inhumanity)
I apologize in advance for this post. It was a difficult one to write, and it is a difficult one… Read more
Sifting through the Ashes, Part 20 – Third party Candidates
Greetings and Salutations. Today, I want to take a moment to talk about third party political candidates in America. Because… Read more
Civil Discourse about Touchy Subjects.
An interesting moment on Facebook that is a perfect example of the extremest stances that we are in these days…. Read more
How “Sheltered” are abandoned or surrendered Companion Animals?
Today, this image was posted on Facebook, with the following commentary, by a fellow named Jason Franks I died today…. Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 19
Greetings and Salutations; As we are all aware, the political turmoil and madness that has engulfed this great land continues…. Read more
Is this the End?
Just a little bit ago, one of the folks I see on my timeline posted a link, to a Forbes.com… Read more
The Joys of Living in the Country
Greetings and Salutations; For something completely different, let me tell you about a moment we had a few years ago,… Read more
Education In America?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, life is complicated, so I have a fair backlog of items to discuss, which, hopefully, will… Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 18
Greetings and Salutations; Earlier today, I was reading posts on Park Overall’s page, and found this post she put online:… Read more
Gun Clubs for People Of Color
Greetings and Salutations; We are seeing more and more news reports of people of color being gunned down by… Read more
Some Thoughts On Religion
Greetings and Salutations; As has been true for thousands of years, one of the hot topics for discussion is religion…. Read more
Are All white people racist?
Greetings and Salutations. I just read an interesting article on Slate, with the thesis that “Yes, ALL White people are… Read more