Month: June 2020

Last weekend of June – this month went by with some pep. May was endless, but there was some optimism that hit in June, and while some states are seeing a decline in the rate of Coronavirus spread, others are hitting new peaks. And no, it’s not just because we’re testing more. Surprisingly, 80% of…

I miss baseball. The weather’s gotten hot, and I’m usually paying attention to the local 9 as they slog their way through June. We may lose what there is of a baseball season – I know many of you don’t care, but I’m one of the ones who do. Really, maybe they shouldn’t play this…

Sometimes this old world lets me down, and then forces come into play to give me hope. Let’s hope it’s sustained and we see some real change, and not drift back into the ways things were always done. Today’s podcast starts off a bit political, then drifts back into the way things were always done.…

From William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming: Turning and turning in the widening gyre   The falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   The ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worst   Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some…