Greetings and Salutations; I ran across a very sad post on Facebook a bit ago, and was moved to reply… Read more
Category: Ruminations
General philosophical musings on bees and beekeeping
Declawing Cats, Part 2
Greetings and Salutations. This is a follow up to my Previous Post on Declawing. This is really important, so I… Read more
Mass Killings – How can we prevent them?
Greetings and Salutations; The recent uptick in violence in America, some of which is real, and some of which is… Read more
Thoughts on Gun Violence In America
Greetings and Salutations; This thought was generated by a FB article, about the Parkland shooting. Of course this is the… Read more
December 7, 2017
Greetings and Salutations; Today is Pearl Harbor Day. It is not a holiday for Celebration, as was the Thanksgiving holdiay… Read more
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… Read more
Another Day, Another Massacre
Greetings and Salutations; One of the disconcrting issues of the day is the fact that America is becoming a more… Read more
Total Eclipse, 2017 – Part 1 – The Science
Greetings and Salutations! . On August 21, 2017, I, along with millions of Americans, made an effort to be in… Read more
“how we treat the least of these…”
Greetings and Salutations; This may be a bit of a downer, but it is important…and should not be lost among… Read more
Bees….Nature’s Artists!
Greetings and Salutations; Bees are interesting creatures. They sometimes do amazing things, all driven by nothing but instance. … Read more
Remember Luther?
Greetings and Salutations; Here is something completely different that I ran across today and I wanted to… Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Fourteen – Revisiting Health Insurance. A “Better” Plan?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, back in January, I wrote a blog entry about the Paul Ryan plan to replace the ACA…. Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Thirteen – The Republican Party
Greetings and Salutations; This article “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.” came across my desktop today. It… Read more
Interacting With Trump Supporters
Greetings and Salutations; Well, I just finished an interesting interaction with a couple of Trump Supporters, that kind of… Read more
A Time to Pause; A time to Assess: Martin Luther King – Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
Greetings and Salutations; The speech I posted about yesterday was hardly the last important legacy left us by Dr. King…. Read more
Sifting Through the Ashes, Part Ten – Questionable Actions
Greetings and Salutations; Amy Siskind, who has many irons in the fire, is taking time to document the weirdness of… Read more
A Time To Pause; A Time to Assess: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Greetings and Salutations; Today is January 16, 2017, a day that commemorates the life and actions of Rev. Martin… Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Eight….OH! My! GOD!
Greetings and Salutations; This is a painfully long post, but it is important to me to have it here. … Read more
What to do now?
Greetings and Salutations; Well, the deed is done. The Electoral College has proved that it has abandoned all of the… Read more
Sifting Through The Ashes, Part Two – The Electoral College.
Greetings and Salutations; The Electoral College, as a part of our Presidential Election is rarely a step in the process… Read more