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Sunday, September 18, 2022

CROW RECONNAISANCE

Out on my porch, coffee in hand, watching it rain. A team of watch-crows began signaling. Caw, caw, caw. Caw, caw! Then came the response: Caw, caw! The call was repeated. The response came from other crows perched high in other trees. After a minute or so, two of them took off from the trees in my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 17, 2022

IT'S OFFICIALLY WEIRD SATURDAY...

The only ideas that have been coming to my "silly little head" have been couplets about King Charles III, who seems not to be the happiest of campers. I don't think it would be respectful to post them here for now - perhaps after the official period of mourning is over and the world's attention is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 16, 2022

DANGEROUS BEAUTY and other views

Today's screen saver on my computer is a beautiful cougar in stalking mode, on her way downhill. She's focused as cats are when they've got a target in their sight, so much like our cozy little house cat when they spot a bird at the foot of a nearby tree. I used to hear a cougar at a distance when... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

EWWW, YUCK!

Son Rusty told me he's taken to scrambling eggs using only the whites as a way to cut back on cholesterol. I tried it this morning. No thank you. I'll stick to peanut butter on a slice of toast. It's what's for breakfast. Sign in to see full entry.

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JUST A SHORT SILLY ...

In Florida, where entertainment is a major industry, a dancer in a drag show has changed her stage name to Rhonda Santis. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

IMPUDENT QUESTIONS...

Was imaging a conversation between two ancient gargoyles above the palace gates. They would have observed all the royal processions, the pageantry as the queen and her entourage came and went for formal occasions, still in the horse-drawn royal coach, wrapped in ermine, wearing her crown, and waving... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

ONCE UPON A TIME ON CAMPUS

Some time in the late '70s or early '80s, the Administration sent out an email to all faculty and staff, inviting them to a mandatory campus-wide meeting on diversity. We were to post a sign on our office doors and close our offices. This, the Admin said, was vital to our mission. The VP of Human... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 12, 2022

WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR...

It seems we always have a war, we restless, suspicious humans. Or rumors of war fill the headlines. Actually it's not so much headlines these days as tweets, posts and debates among "experts" and reporters on the daily news & gossip channels. We see the attacks by the aggressors this week on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 11, 2022

BREAKING NEWS, 9-11-2001

In August of 2001 I worked at Seattle Central Community College in the Capitol Hill neighborhood that overlooks the city's downtown and the harbor where the famous Public Market is a landmark. I worked in the dean's office of the Humanities and Social Sciences division. Ours was the department that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 10, 2022

Test pattern.

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