New Beach is gone; new New Beach will show up when the river goes down

It has rained on and off and then on again, hard, and the ground is saturated so the water runs right into the river. This is what the Old Swimming Hole looks like. We told Lorenzo about this and he asked if the New Beach was gone. We said we would go look, as soonContinue reading “New Beach is gone; new New Beach will show up when the river goes down”

Tuesday Nov 6: no matter what happens, we will be fighting on different ground

The election is day after tomorrow. I remember how I felt after the 2016 election. In 2018, I am much better prepared. I think a lot of people are better prepared. I have never seen mobilization like what I have seen in the last year. Never — not even in the 1970s against the VietnamContinue reading “Tuesday Nov 6: no matter what happens, we will be fighting on different ground”

So How Would a Revolution Actually Start in the US?

So how would a revolution actually start?  Our daughter, an ER nurse who thinks ahead, has been reading the New York Times Op Eds post-Kavanaugh. She asked this question. I don’t think it will start before the election on November 6. Everyone is too busy. But first, a word from our sponsor:  This is notContinue reading “So How Would a Revolution Actually Start in the US?”

The Mansion of the Kavanaughs

It’s been nearly two months since I’ve posted. What could I say that wasn’t bad news? But now the Brett Kavanaugh hearings have happened and all hell has broken loose.  Women protesting all over the place, occupying offices in government buildings, clamoring for the white boys in charge to listen to their stories and payContinue reading “The Mansion of the Kavanaughs”