Today, this image was posted on Facebook, with the following commentary, by a fellow named Jason Franks I died today…. Read more
Category: Ruminations
General philosophical musings on bees and beekeeping
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
The Shining City On the Hill
Greetings and Salutations; I ran across a very sad post on Facebook a bit ago, and was moved to reply… Read more
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