Good Television
Oxymoron? No longer.
I remember the first nationally televised shows. I am that old. Kookla, Fran, and Ollie, Kate Smith, Howdy Doody. And a lot of what followed. “Boob tube” and “vast wasteland” accurately described a lot of it. And some of today’s offerings.
But, I think largely due to the contributions of and the competition [...]
Republicans Are Revolting
Yes, the ambiguity is intended. Yes, it is not original.
Glen Beck is not a big thinker. But thousands, even millions, of people listen to him. He devoted a show recently to analysis of how a right wing revolution against Obama communism might evolve. This might seem trivial. The players are trivial. Their thinking is weak. [...]
Taste and See . . .
George Ball is the Chief Executive Officer of the W. Atlee Burpee company (seeds and gardening supplies). He writes a blog, and in one of his articles he comments on how Pakistanis eat: Paring Back. I found it inspiring.
Walk well. God is love.
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Why Two?
Those Walls o Water in bed one look pretty lonely. And a reader might wonder why I have planted only two tomatoes so far. It’s early. Even in northern California. It’s early to plant tomatoes. The very first thing I planted here, in March 2007, was a tomato plant Elaine and I bought at Longs [...]
Economic Meltdown and Lightweight Backpacking
Less is more.
Headlines today from SFGate.com.
Ten percent unemployment. There is an uptick of crime in Oakland. But Oakland is known to be a crime-ridden city. There have been social disruptions related to world economic problems in other places. I think these disruptions are likely to increase in frequency and severity.
Backpackers have a pretty good understanding [...]
Still Growing
More land! The raised beds are filling. Strawberries, two kinds of pak choi, chard, beets, two carrot varieties, green cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Tuscan kale. And tomorrow I’ll plant Russian kale, red cabbage, six varieties of lettuces, and two tomato plants.
Winter garden The green plastic things in bed 1 are called Wall o Water™. A cylinder [...]
The Poor Are Always with Us
There is a group of Franciscan monks who operate St Anthony Foundation charities in San Francisco. And when I visited once trying to find a volunteer position, I was struck by how many people were already there as volunteers. And I asked my guide if there were anything left to do? It took him a [...]
Beauty Is Not a Cliché
I could see the orange from the sunset on the objects in the room, and thought quickly, “Oh, another gorgeous sunset. They’re so common.” Wow. I am not that jaded. I intentionally live where I can see great beauty out my windows. It is one of the better reasons for choosing to live in the [...]
Republicans: “Me too.”
I know how to drive Republicans crazier. Choose a leader of different ethnicity/gender every six months. Their tagalong responses will just keep getting more bizarre. Sarah Palin. Piyush “Bobby” Jindal. Okay. I have it. Name a gay Secretary of Defense. They will wiggle as much about that as they have about taking stimulus money.
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. . . Freedom Is the Glory of God
That’s what Aaron Sorkin wrote in the Hartsfield’s Landing episode of The West Wing third season:
. . . freedom is the glory of God, that democracy is its birthright, and that our vote matters.
Aaron Sorkin loves this country. Loves democracy. And principle. And he is smart. Genius. And extraordinarily demanding of himself and others.
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