Came across this art in the neighborhood just as the painter was finishing. “For there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” – Amanda Gorman
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dave, good choice for a day like this. thanks
the boss turns up the wattage with this one
Bruce Springsteen performing “This Little Light Of Mine” Live in Dublin
What street is the mural? Like to drive around to look at the art work when I am in Washington.
Beautiful! I hope you gave the painter an atta boy/girl for their work. Atta boy to you for capturing it and sharing it on the trail.
Congress needs to brave enough (and reasonable enough) to do something about gun control now.
from little lights in song to big lights in poetry, I always think of this snippet from james weldon johnson’s “The Creation”
click here for the entire poem as read by james earl jones
Ted Cruz should be quiet and go back to that beach in Mexico. Life and death isn’t “theatre.”
march madness for sure
NEWSFLASH – Sen. Rafael Cruz engages in ridiculous political theater to criticize ridiculous political theater he engages in. Oh, and in other news, rain is expected in Seattle today.
PatD – Thx!
Hi Blue Bronc! 17th and Q St. NW in DC
BlueINDallas – I confess I did not chat up the painter. He didn’t seem to be looking for feedback, plus I was afraid I would cause him to mess it up, plus I thought he might be the person filling in the red at the bottom, and not an artist. But you raise a good point! Next time I will be more thoughtful before I move on for soy sauce at the grocer, LOL
thoughtful discussion by angus in today’s wapo
Opinion | Angus King: What happens to the filibuster depends on how Republicans play their hand – The Washington Post
David… beautiful work whoever is the artist!
So glad that Amanda Gorman is getting so much attention… well deserved!
“Every time there’s a shooting,” Cruz says, like “every time there’s a thunderstorm” or something.
Sometimes irony wears a very cruel face –
https://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/colorado-city-home-to-highest-quality-of-life-in-nation-according-to-report/article_d860c1d6-8b4c-11eb-b2ac-53b66d6d70ad.html
Every time Ted Cruz opens his mouth…
Ha, ive been strolling down memory lane, just thinking about the time Dad shot and killed a wild boar that was charging toward me in Ocala forest, bullet went in one ear and out the other, beast dropped like a rock maybe 10 feet away from me. Asked later why not aim for his body, larger target. He said, “Didnt want to ruin the meat“
Now that’s multi-tasking. Saving your son’s life and preserving dinner with one shot.
Good one .
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/24/980708784/40-000-evacuated-at-least-2-dead-in-massive-australian-floods
Since there would still be a Federal enclave within the area supported by tax payers i.e. Smithsonian, Congress, White House, various monuments etc, what would the new state be called?
Columbia?
Starting to solicit stories about Dad. A lawyer friend writes, “I remember attending a depo he gave when he was a road construction contractor in a case where I represented his co-defendant engineer. Fortunately, I wasn’t asking the questions. He had the poor bastard who took the depo knotted up into a pretzel in no time at all. And the hell of it was that everybody liked him. He mastered the art of being non-responsive without pissing anyone off. When my turn came, I smiled and said, “I have no questions.”
Alexandra Petri strikes again
How the Founders Decided you need a car dealership
…Columbus ain’t too popular, these days
What’s boar taste like?
A bit gamey, Bink, needs very slowroasting to keep tender. Sweeter and leaner than conventional pork. Definitely not like chicken.
From a friend today: “Had a nice visit with your dad. Saw some birds in his feeder today. He was excited about that.”
Ha, like the Pope, greetings from the balcony.
(His bird seed hint: Safflower. Squirrels hate it.)
Cedar Waxwing
A whole flock of these guys just landed in my pecan trees. And from there they flew down to the shrubs under my window , and cleaned up on the new berries .
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/cedar-waxwing
Nothing like a bird feeder outside the window where you drink your first cup of coffee every morning.
A bird story –
‘The Camp Robber” ………….. The Canadian Jay
A bold, large grey bird with a fearless attitude toward humans.
So Al Jensen , the lead founder of the Slaughterhouse Creek Commune , was talking to a forest ranger one day , and a Camp Robber landed on his head.
They both just froze in place , and Al slowly raised his eyes, then looked at the ranger, and said, ” They think I’m a tree. ”
Which was even funnier , because Al was pretty “mossy” back then.
Al was a Peace Corps guy from Sleepy Eye , Minn. When he got out of the Corps he spent a year driving a motorbike around India, looking for the “Lost Hash Valley”. He sent 8 kilos back to relatives hidden in carved wooden figures . The Feds caught one of them , and by the summer of 70′ he was off probation , he sold enough to buy the 10 acre claim that was Slaughterhouse Creek.
The rest we smoked round supper time, in a big fat Chillum. At 10,800 ft. you can smoke cardboard boxes , and get high . India hash mixed with tobacco is a whole other ballgame.
Bink
Could pick one of the indigenous tribes to the area for a name to really piss off the GOP
Tribes of Washington DC
They could call the football team the Rappahannocks
Bird watching while drinking my morning coffee…. makes my heart sing. Also listening to their mating calls at this time of year.
Jamie… that name ain’t happening as long as Dan Snyder owns that football team.
How about ?
The D.C. Palefaces. Or the Washington Forked Tongues.
God Bless Del , and this band that will out live him . …..
Del and his boys made the grass even ” bluer ”
Several months back I was talking about turning old malls and K-marts into farms , …………. Well, I was not shooting blanks.
How one indoor farm is changing how food is grown — and building a new future for Appalachia
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indoor-farming-appharvest/
The real crime of our times , is that we have a better future at our fingertips.
And the people fighting this , are just as mad about the sex of Mr. Potato Head.
Have another glass of seawater.
We could save the Monarch butterflies if every golf course in America just made a little room for them, and planted what they need. A hand full seeds , and the will to change.
Have wondered about what we do with bankrupt shopping malls. Farms good, but guessing condos more likely.
The will to change .
There’s our fight .
There is nothing about living in a “holler” , with a outhouse, ……… that is worth keeping . It has no virtue , or romance .
Only flies, and smell in summer.
The green people need to go after Joe Manchin, West Virginia has a chance to stop being an extractive whore to the rest of America’s desires .
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-and-giant-mall-operator-look-at-turning-sears-j-c-penney-stores-into-fulfillment-centers-11596992863
Amazon, of course. One day, we will all have our own Amazon fulfillment center in our basement or spare bedroom.
It would be great if they would turn empty malls into shelters or housing.
Lubbock turned it’s dead K-Mart into the YWCA , And it is pretty sweet .
That’s great! That tomato farmer really has something there. Centrally located, they will give California some competition.
This site was first developed as the 4 Sixes drive in , 2 screens . I saw . “Sink the Bismark ” there.
Dana Winter what a babe.
Blue –
A hell of alot of the future is going to be really cool , tough and hard but really cool.
You want mostly wealthy folks who chase a ball with a stick for fun to care about flying worms enough to not have perfectly manicured surroundings? Luckily, the flight path isn’t over nuthin’ but golf courses. I’ve seen more Monarchs in 2019 and 2020 than in all of the years I’ve lived down here.
And, bees. The bees are back already. The blooming trees have been covered. Oh, and there was one stray, ragged-looking Monarch with the bees last week.
Time to batten down the hatches for a bumpy night, but tomorrow is gonna be something else to the East of here.
if manchin turns R there’ll be big problems…….you know they’re trying
to lure him.
I fell out here years ago , after I went off the deep end posting climate stories here. Our keeper of flame had enough , and asked me for solutions.
I replied we were screwed , and our cake was baked.
Our cake is still baked , but we are not screwed.
After watching green energy be strangled in the crib for decades , the tide has begun to run out .
America has no idea how far we have come. All these issues looking at solutions have leaped far a head.
Take the vaccines , that science was on the drawing boards for years. It didn’t just flop out of the sky.
Solutions –
When we tackled polio , we used two methods ,
A. A dead virus
B. A weakened virus
This was how we stopped smallpox , the greatest killer of humans.
Ever.
These # 19 vaccines are a very different animal , we read it’s code and made from scratch an alarm to our bodies. We told our bodies , watch for this virus . heres it’s calling card. This is why they all came in with those big numbers for being effective.
A small pox shot had the virus in it , polio did as well .
The #19 shot has zero virus in it , just the part of life that makes up it’s keys to our cells.
Viruses pick locks.
This is like printing that German Bible and that crazy monk.
If we can do this , with things we cannot see .
We can do anything.
I’d take the vaccine if I could find it near me. It all seems to be downtown at the Convention Center, but I can’t drive down there. Next, they’re opening it up to 16 and up…I’m never going to get vaccinated. I give up. I contacted my doctor today, again. Nada.
We live in a world without SmallPox. Except for the lab. ( Fingers crossed )
Now read about the history of this virus , it cut tens of thousands down in months all over the world.
How did it disappear ?
Jesus didn’t do it , or Voodoo .
Science did it. The human mind did it.
Don’t rub it in. I’m starting to get really angry that I can’t get vaccinated.
Human Horse Power did it.
Blue –
We’ll help what is the problem ?
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/quartzsite-arizona-boondocking-solar-power/
OM – Here’s a cool story for ya & a little wind to go with your solar.
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/texas-wind-power-renewable-energy/
(Patience isn’t my strong suit when it comes to the cofeve. It’ll be fine…eventually.)
Search Walgreens with a West Bumfuck zip code
I Love This Guy !
He stole the show !
Get the shot !
Take the bit in your teeth.
Human Horse Power did it.
HHP
One of my top songs ………
https://youtu.be/ZrpjD20bIyA
About that bit in teeth line ………………
I have 3 left.
“Take the Bit in Your Gums” is not one to go with .
I am am a real Cowboy Rocket Doctor !
If I am awake at 6 AM , I am watching ME TV . The golden age of cartoons.
It floats on the vapors , of that great Warner opening – ( This is the first appearance of Elmer Fudd )
https://youtu.be/ZrpjD20bIyA
That’s the problem, I can’t drive on highways so I’m stuck in this area. Pre-pandemic, I would just Uber wherever I wanted to go. I’m not getting in a shared ride now until I’m vaccinated. Catch-22.
CVS has openings in Lubbock, Lufkin and Palestine. Walgreens has nothing within 25 miles for the next 5 days; check back later. It’s all downtown. Oh, well.
Elmer Fudd came a long way.
Watching “The Real World” reunion, I can’t believe how much has changed. It was the only good reality show because it was the first. That should’ve been the end of the line. The first cookie is always the best. Eventually, they’re sickening.
I came across this today ……………
“Taking the bit in your gums ”
i’ll bet doughnuts to dollars you’ll get something in your arm within 30 days
Yo, go pick up Blue with those new tires and show her the Buddy Holly museum
road trip music
OK that’s #1
…mecum omnes plangite!
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