DEPRESSING THOUGHTS WHILE CONTEMPLATING THE END OF “BLOOD ORCHID” Blood Orchid by Charles Bowden I finished reading Blood Orchid this morning. One passage caught my eye. This point I bring up is minor but it triggers others that aren’t. A smart title to his last chapter, “Exit Interview”, there is a sentence, “Last night everyone … More A Few Razor Blade Thoughts to Lighten Your Day.
January 27th and the cold rules with an iron fist. Snow and ice coats the driveway. Piles of the white stuff rigidly reshape the boundaries of a new landscape. Weariness creeps and settles in without invitation. Gratefully the power company hasn’t had any recent losses to add misery to the misery. The bright spot is … More Late Winter: That Place With No Good Name.
Jim Kelly has been on my mind lately. We worked together in the early 70’s. We were a dynamic duo of sorts. Jim was an expert welder and non-destructive test (NDT) inspector and examiner. I was the Quality Assurance Officer on the USS Hunley, a submarine tender tasked with maintenance and repair of deep diving … More Wrinkly Ass, Random and Drifting Wanderings.
We just had a January thaw but now it’s over. The snow pack is down to almost bare ground in all places. Still there are piles of snow by the roads that were made by plowing and shoveling. For the most part the snow pack is down to zero. The temperatures have dropped starting yesterday … More Goldeneye Duck.
I’m reposting a Facebook entry (1st paragraph) from this morning. Not lazy or indifferent, just trying to keep up with the clock. Or ahead of it depending what is on the big and little hands for me. Here goes. Jeezum Crow! I feel I’m living Groundhog Day! I wake up sometime before 6 A.M. Make … More I’ve Had Enough of the Cold. Tom Robertson. Grace Lorraine
pa·tri·arch·y ˈpātrēˌärkē/ noun a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. a society or community organized on … More Stop the Patriarchy! My New Year’s Revolution. A Survival Strategy.
Playing Fair and Being Kind 