The Ciel Show for Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Popping the Bubble

What's happening these days is the breakdown of the body of American myths-- about where we came from, how we made our lives here, what we did and didn't do to form this nation. Truth, finally, is being revealed and acknowledged. Some have always known these truths, but most of America, brought up on myths and lies that made us look better than we ever were, were nested comfortably in the school-taught beliefs that we were the Good Guys, the Nice Guys. This process of dissolution of the myths is... Sign in to see full entry.

And now... the season of wildfires

Today the morning sunlight has that peculiar orangey quality it gets when filtered through smoke. There are no fires near Colorado Springs, but we get the smoke from all the fires west of here, and that includes California's fires, and all the ones in the southwest states, and a couple of them burning in Colorado on the other side of the mountains. At least one is burning near Durango, started by lightning strike. Yesterday I did a bit of repair to the reed fencing on the end of the deck very... Sign in to see full entry.

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