Only two days of public testimony and three incredibly and astonishingly credible witnesses.
Anyone with any gumption (a West Virginia word) can see this President is in serious trouble.
Go for it Shifty Shiff, you got the ball and first down.
What noble and honest public servants we are hearing from.
I'd want to be related to any of the three.
Things are getting deeper and wider even if the White House is withholding everything and telling people who 'know stuff' they can't testify.
It's going to get so murky that more folks are going to 'disobey orders' to protect their own futures.
We'll see.
Pay attention. Really.
Really.
Friday, November 15, 2019
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Shut up Hillary and go away Michael
Hillary Clinton (one Democrat Trump could beat) told folks in the U.K. that "many, many people were urging her to run for President" in 2020.
Shut up, Hillary.
Michael Bloomberg is moving closer to entering the race.
Go away, Michael.
Some of the people who I deeply respect in my Tuesday morning group think Elizabeth Warren can't win. That confounds me.
What I think we need is a shift to the left.
Warren would destroy Trump in the debates before the election.
If he shadowed her like he did Hillary, she would turn on him and say, "get the hell away from me."
If he called her 'Pocahontas', she would call him 'Donald J. Putin'.
She would give no space to him and would make him look as incompetent and stupid as he really is.
I'm shifting gears: I'll vote for any Democrat nominated, but I'm leaning toward a Warren/Mayor Pete ticket now. A woman and a gay man--what could be better to show what we need in America today, right now!!!
Best thing I could imagine.
Shut up, Hillary.
Michael Bloomberg is moving closer to entering the race.
Go away, Michael.
Some of the people who I deeply respect in my Tuesday morning group think Elizabeth Warren can't win. That confounds me.
What I think we need is a shift to the left.
Warren would destroy Trump in the debates before the election.
If he shadowed her like he did Hillary, she would turn on him and say, "get the hell away from me."
If he called her 'Pocahontas', she would call him 'Donald J. Putin'.
She would give no space to him and would make him look as incompetent and stupid as he really is.
I'm shifting gears: I'll vote for any Democrat nominated, but I'm leaning toward a Warren/Mayor Pete ticket now. A woman and a gay man--what could be better to show what we need in America today, right now!!!
Best thing I could imagine.
full moon
The moon has been full the last few days. Here's something I shared about that before.
All day today I felt a little crazy.
I had weird thoughts and odd fantasies.
Then tonight I went out on the deck and realized why. The moon is nearly full or full--I could find out online but it doesn't matter.
Lunatic is not an accidental word.
The full 'luna'--the full moon--has some kind of effect on us all.
Having been the Rector of urban churches, I know this is true--especially at St. John's, Waterbury.
We had a soup kitchen where lots of homeless folks, some of whom should have been in mental hospitals if we were not a society that rejected mental hospitals years ago. Barbara Dublin, who ran the kitchen and her workers and the folks on the staff of St. John's always knew when the moon was turning full.
Things would get a little dicey as the moon moved toward full.
I am convinced all of us are affected by a full moon--but 300 people, many of whom had mental issues....well, things would get weird.
On the day before, the day of and the day after a full moon, Barbara would have to throw out more folks than on the 28 days before and after.
Some got more aggressive. Some got more subdued--almost to catatonic. And everyone, even Barbra and her staff and I, felt a bit off line.
I truly believe the full moon brings out more than werewolves. It brings out the off kilter and strange and a tad crazy stuff in all of us.
Notice it for yourself.
How have you been doing the last few days?
It will be a while now, but notice how you feel the next time a full moon shows up.
Just notice if you feel more lunatic than normal.
Just notice.
I really believe it.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Lunatics
I had weird thoughts and odd fantasies.
Then tonight I went out on the deck and realized why. The moon is nearly full or full--I could find out online but it doesn't matter.
Lunatic is not an accidental word.
The full 'luna'--the full moon--has some kind of effect on us all.
Having been the Rector of urban churches, I know this is true--especially at St. John's, Waterbury.
We had a soup kitchen where lots of homeless folks, some of whom should have been in mental hospitals if we were not a society that rejected mental hospitals years ago. Barbara Dublin, who ran the kitchen and her workers and the folks on the staff of St. John's always knew when the moon was turning full.
Things would get a little dicey as the moon moved toward full.
I am convinced all of us are affected by a full moon--but 300 people, many of whom had mental issues....well, things would get weird.
On the day before, the day of and the day after a full moon, Barbara would have to throw out more folks than on the 28 days before and after.
Some got more aggressive. Some got more subdued--almost to catatonic. And everyone, even Barbra and her staff and I, felt a bit off line.
I truly believe the full moon brings out more than werewolves. It brings out the off kilter and strange and a tad crazy stuff in all of us.
Notice it for yourself.
How have you been doing the last few days?
It will be a while now, but notice how you feel the next time a full moon shows up.
Just notice if you feel more lunatic than normal.
Just notice.
I really believe it.
Monday, November 11, 2019
Calling Mejol
I plan to call Mejol tonight.
She is, I think I've said before,the sister I never had.
My parents thought they wouldn't have children, so they semi-adopted Mejol--my mother's sister's daughter. She went with them on vacations. She slept over with them.
They loved her.
Then I came along.
And Mejol stayed.
We were always together, for most of my childhood and afterwards.
When I was in high school, she locked me in her room with an album by Bob Dylan and Catcher in the Rye. An afternoon that changed my life.
When I graduated from high school, I went to visit her in New Orleans. She was with me the first time I ever got drunk.
We've shared other things to intimate and private to write about.
l love her.
We lost touch for some years but I call her almost every week now.
She lives in Baltimore and if we'd been there more than the 40 some hours we were I would have seen her.
Men, it seems to me, tend to leave the past behind.
I do that--except for Mejol.
She is, I think I've said before,the sister I never had.
My parents thought they wouldn't have children, so they semi-adopted Mejol--my mother's sister's daughter. She went with them on vacations. She slept over with them.
They loved her.
Then I came along.
And Mejol stayed.
We were always together, for most of my childhood and afterwards.
When I was in high school, she locked me in her room with an album by Bob Dylan and Catcher in the Rye. An afternoon that changed my life.
When I graduated from high school, I went to visit her in New Orleans. She was with me the first time I ever got drunk.
We've shared other things to intimate and private to write about.
l love her.
We lost touch for some years but I call her almost every week now.
She lives in Baltimore and if we'd been there more than the 40 some hours we were I would have seen her.
Men, it seems to me, tend to leave the past behind.
I do that--except for Mejol.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Cosmic moment
Tomorrow, between 7:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Mercury will pass in front of the sun.
Watch it if the sky is clear--a little oval shadow moving across the sun.
Don't look directly at the sun, just glance.
A cosmic moment not to be missed.
It will take your mind off national politics and make you realize what tiny spots we are in the Universe.
Enjoy those moments of freedom from the nightmare that is this President's America.
Watch it if the sky is clear--a little oval shadow moving across the sun.
Don't look directly at the sun, just glance.
A cosmic moment not to be missed.
It will take your mind off national politics and make you realize what tiny spots we are in the Universe.
Enjoy those moments of freedom from the nightmare that is this President's America.
Home again, home again, jiggidy jig
Being with Josh and Cathy and Morgan and Emma and Teagan was great! Cathy's parents even came over for dinner on Saturday night and it is always a blessing to be with them.
The trip down was a nightmare. Stop and Go all the way through Delaware. Took over 6 hours.
Coming home was fine except for rubber-necking for an accident on the other side of the Saw Mill Parkway. We made it home in 4 hours and 25 minutes and had an hour and a half to wait before picking up Brigit from the best kennel ever--Holiday Pet Lodge in Wallingford. I swear, if you have a cat or dog you ever have to leave, leave them there. Really.
Brigit was so happy to come home she hasn't left Bern's side to even eat her dinner. Later, hopefully, she will. It's waiting.
The Bradley girls are so amazing: smart, polite, loving.
We must have done something worthy with Josh to make his girls so great.
But we're home now and I dread getting back into the politics we missed.
But on the other hand, I can't wait.
The possibility of impeachment gives me goose bumps....
The trip down was a nightmare. Stop and Go all the way through Delaware. Took over 6 hours.
Coming home was fine except for rubber-necking for an accident on the other side of the Saw Mill Parkway. We made it home in 4 hours and 25 minutes and had an hour and a half to wait before picking up Brigit from the best kennel ever--Holiday Pet Lodge in Wallingford. I swear, if you have a cat or dog you ever have to leave, leave them there. Really.
Brigit was so happy to come home she hasn't left Bern's side to even eat her dinner. Later, hopefully, she will. It's waiting.
The Bradley girls are so amazing: smart, polite, loving.
We must have done something worthy with Josh to make his girls so great.
But we're home now and I dread getting back into the politics we missed.
But on the other hand, I can't wait.
The possibility of impeachment gives me goose bumps....
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Going to Baltimore
We're leaving for Baltimore in the morning after dropping Brigit off at Holiday Pet Lodge in Wallingford (the best kennel ever!!!)
Josh and Cathy and their 3 girls can't come for Thanksgiving so this is our early Thanksgiving visit.
We'll be back Sunday, hopefully before 5 so we can pick up Brigit. Unless I'm too tired, I'll blog then.
Have a great few days off from UNDER THE CASTOR OIL TREE.
See you again soon.
Josh and Cathy and their 3 girls can't come for Thanksgiving so this is our early Thanksgiving visit.
We'll be back Sunday, hopefully before 5 so we can pick up Brigit. Unless I'm too tired, I'll blog then.
Have a great few days off from UNDER THE CASTOR OIL TREE.
See you again soon.
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