October 21, 2008

A little Bee-eater

Photo: Chuck Babbit
Photo from an amazing DK diary, titled “Birds of the Okavango.” It’s stuffed with pictures from the author’s trip to Botswana. I was just puzzling over yet another reference to the incessant, meaningless, hacked Poll That Will Not Die On PBS You Must Vote Now To Make A Difference! and then I was rewarded [...]

October 21, 2008

I love Carl Reiner. And Jerry Stiller.

October 21, 2008

Oh dear Lord.

I couldn’t agree with disagreeing with God-loving most patriotic disagree with God-Patriotic loving MORE!

October 21, 2008

I received birds today.

Just a picture, not real birdies, but it’s very nice. It went a long way to mitigating a tough day. Birds don’t get to chill very often, they are always having to worry about finding or becoming food, so it’s nice to see them mellowing out on a sunny fence top.

If one of them was [...]

October 21, 2008

Citizen’s arrest on Karl Rove attempted

Kitte sent me the story of a brave soul who tried to arrest Rove for treason today in San Francisco. Watch video here. I think this woman is wonderful, and I’m sorry she didn’t succeed.  Look at the smug look on Rove’s face.

Rove, oddly, was a featured speaker at the Mortgage Bankers Association Convention. He was having a [...]

October 21, 2008

Distractions

are plaguing me. The election is the biggest one, of course. But there are so many others. I’m in head down mode, plugging away. Working on new pieces in the spaces, trying to pay attention to the subtle changes of season. The sun is slanting lower in the southern sky, the birds, bugs, and lizards [...]