Monthly Archives: July 2017

There is a television program we occasionally watch showing travelers crossing the border to and from Canada and recounting the experiences with both the Canadian and US border patrols. It is sometimes interesting to watch actual smugglers trying to look … Continue reading →

Ah, memories, especially around sports, just what a young boy finds so appealing. Later in life I watched two professional athletes being interviewed and what they shared explained so much of my failure in attempts to be one of them. … Continue reading →

A Boy Scout is: Trustworthy, The Hollow Man can be trusted only to deceive. Loyal, The Hollow Man demands this from others but never gives any. Helpful, The Hollow Man helps himself to whatever he wants. Friendly, The Hollow Man … Continue reading →

In The Yucatan, our ground water comes through various levels of limestone and thus moves easily into our water systems. The result of this is deposits of limestone which locals call sarro. It clogs pipes and filters in the faucets … Continue reading →

I woke up to a new reality today. The latest headlines brought merely a yawn. Trump, his offspring, his cronies, his political supporters have so quickly managed with their lies, their innuendo, their alternative facts to destroy any semblance of … Continue reading →

In a nation of simple minds truth has no power. In a nation of blind faith not thinking has become king. In a nation of hypocrisy and lies ignorance reigns supreme. There is no truth when alternative facts gain traction … Continue reading →

I read something recently regarding a reporter interviewing Barack Obama. He asked Obama about various influences on this thinking. According to Obama Reinhold Niebuhr was at the top. Depending on the decade Niebuhr was labelled a liberal, a progressive, a … Continue reading →

The previous post, White Fundamentalism, was written by an individual under the title Forsetti’s Justice. For all you Dutch folk, Forseti was the Norse god of the Friesans. I thank Bob Dahl for the link to some back ground on … Continue reading →

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/rural-america-understanding-isnt-problem I don’t often do this but this article is “spot on”… to quote a friend. It is a long read but well worth it. I stopped reading a couple of times to sit and reflect on my own background … Continue reading →