Oct
29
Oh YEAH. The Red Sox won the World Series!
I may be living in Georgia, but the Red Sox as icon is in the blood of this Massachusetts woman.
I’m thinking that they must inject something in Massachusetts babies.
I have absolutely no interest in any other sport or any other team (well, not since that [...]
Sep
26
I’m traveling in my beloved New England this week! It’s unseasonably hot during the day.
It’s also a little too early for the leaf-peepers - that’s a good thing.
I arrived at Boston airport without incident (flying Delta this time!). I picked up my rental - a lemon-yellow PT Cruiser convertible - and headed straight [...]
Nov
01
I’ve been missing in action, I know. I’ll write all about the following when I get more than a couple of minutes.
Quick trip to the Alabama shore for J’s family reunion
Visit from my cousin A
Halloween/Samhain festivities
Making some calls to remind progressive voters in swing races to vote (Moveon.org)
Catching up on the hundreds of backlogged emails
Preparing [...]
Mar
28
So Supreme Court Justice Scalia made a “Sicilian” gesture toward anyone who might question his impartiality on issues involving the separation of church and state -this as he was leaving a mass in Boston.
But this was not just any mass.
He was attending a special mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, [...]
Feb
14
The Photo Meme theme this week has to have something to do with an office. I had a perfect photo in mind, but could not locate it in my three boxes of photographs. It was a photo from 1987 or so, of my little room in Iowa City. What would have made it an interesting [...]
Jul
04
Not hearing “Independence Day” much this year, so let me say it loud:
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!
It’s about a revolution against the tyrannies of old King George.
How could so much of our hard-won independence for our freedom and democracy been so senselessly squandered?
How could Independence Day be represented the way I’m seeing it this year? I [...]
Nov
21
They live by the rules / No matter the context / The rules always rule