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Category: Something Good This Way Comes

For the rare moments when politics produces something good.


Ethical Journalism?

Posted on 2021-10-27 Updated on 2021-10-27

Greetings and Salutations. There are so many folks who are disrespecting journalists and media these days, it is truly horrifying…. Read more

Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Misc, Observations, Politics, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: Code, ethics, Journalism, Media, propaganda     Leave a comment     


The Joys of Living in the Country

Posted on 2019-05-22 Updated on 2019-05-22

Greetings and Salutations; For something completely different, let me tell you about a moment we had a few years ago,… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: Black Rat Snake, country moments, Good Stewardship, Protect the Earth, The Octagon     Leave a comment     


Art for Art’s Sake (and I am not talking about Garfunkel, here…)

Posted on 2017-11-08 Updated on 2021-06-27

Greetings and Salutations;   Just as a diversion from the ugliness of the day,   I want to tell y’all… Read more

Posted in Art, Characters, General, Humanity, MultiMedia, Ruminations, Sculpture, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: aesthetics, bow saw, eccentricity, Native American, woven art     Leave a comment     


Total Eclipse, 2017 – Part 1 – The Science

Posted on 2017-08-31 Updated on 2017-09-01

Greetings and Salutations!  . On August 21, 2017,  I,  along with millions of Americans,  made an effort to be in… Read more

Posted in Astronomy, Cosmology, General Thoughts, Humanity, Observations, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: 2017, In-Laws, Science, Springfield, Total Eclipse, Totality     Leave a comment     


Thoughts on this Fourth Of July

Posted on 2017-07-04 Updated on 2020-10-02

Greetings and Salutations; As the midnight hour passed this morning,  and the 4th of July celebration began,  it struck me… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General, General Thoughts, Humanity, Observations, Politics, Questionable decisions, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: crown jewels, Fourth of July, industry, SCROTUS, Society, statue of Liberty poem     Leave a comment     


The Woman’s March; What It Said To Me

Posted on 2017-01-22 Updated on 2017-01-25

Greetings and Salutations; Some time before the inauguration,  plans grew to hold a Woman’s March in protest against the new… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Politics, Something Good This Way Comes, Uncategorized     Tags: For Not Against, protests, Woman's March     Leave a comment     


Sifting Through the Ashes, Part 2-A, Instead of the Electoral College, what?

Posted on 2017-01-10 Updated on 2017-01-11

Greetings and Salutations; I have offered some  opinions about the Electoral College, how it is supposed to work, and how… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Snake Oil, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: Electoral college, parliament     Leave a comment     


Making a Difference At Christmas

Posted on 2016-12-25 Updated on 2016-12-25

Greetings and Salutations; Today is December 25th,  2016 Christmas Day .    This is always a complicated holiday for me,… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: Christmas, companion animals, contributions, homeless, karma, suicide, veterans     Leave a comment     


Dealing with a Trumpster!

Posted on 2016-08-14 Updated on 2016-10-03

      Greetings and Salutations; Today,  I was reading a thread on Facebook,  wherein  there was another one of… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: Death Penalty, insults, Pen, Sword     Leave a comment     


The Economy – Bees and Humans…

Posted on 2015-07-18 Updated on 2015-07-27

Are These Equivalent? *** Warning! What follows includes factual data, personal opinions and some painting with a broad brush ***… Read more

Posted in Art, Beekeeping, Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Politics, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: delusions of the rich, economic problems, Pete Seeger, unions     Leave a comment     


Remembrance of Things Past…

Posted on 2014-05-12 Updated on 2014-06-21

     Greetings and Salutations;       Proust, in his famous tome “Remembrance Of Things Past”, spent something like… Read more

Posted in Food, General, Humanity, Observations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: chocolate pudding, lutheran retreat, proust, remembrance of things past, young adults     Leave a comment     


I am feeling a little stuffed today….

Posted on 2014-05-07 Updated on 2014-06-21

     Greetings and salutations;      Once again, I am relieved to find that there are stranger people than… Read more

Posted in Art, Ethics, General, Humanity, Misc, MultiMedia, Nuttiness, Observations, Questionable decisions, Sculpture, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: taxidermy, victorian, walter potter     Leave a comment     


The twists of life.

Posted on 2014-03-25 Updated on 2014-03-25

     Greetings and Salutations;      The past couple of months have been a chaotic nightmare in many ways…. Read more

Posted in General, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: cats, hip replacement, octagon, the pain of moving     Leave a comment     


Keeping life Positive…more or less.

Posted on 2014-03-02 Updated on 2014-03-26

     Greetings and salutations;      Amazing how quickly time slips away when life becomes a hectic whirlwind of… Read more

Posted in General, Nuttiness, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: cat on books, sculpture, violetta     Leave a comment     


How do YOU deal with Stress?

Posted on 2013-09-09 Updated on 2013-09-10

     Greetings and Salutations;      After far too long as a Renter,  we are moving into the Octagon… Read more

Posted in General, Humanity, Observations, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: meditations, peace, soul, sunset, The Hill, The Octagon     Leave a comment     


Why the Space Program is SO worth it

Posted on 2013-08-21 Updated on 2013-08-25

     Greetings and Salutations;      There are so many amazing images that NASA is collecting, that I thought I… Read more

Posted in Astronomers, Astronomy, Cosmology, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: Mimas, Pandora, rings, Saturn, scientific data     Leave a comment     


Tolerance and compromise between the Political parties.

Posted on 2012-12-08 Updated on 2018-06-29

     Greetings and Salutations.      The way that the more fantical members of the political parties in America… Read more

Posted in Humanity, Nuttiness, Politics, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: antisemitism, Disraeli, Elba, england, Gladstone, Napoleon, parliament     Leave a comment     


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