Plastic Farm AnimalsJust scanning the headlines with my morning coffee while the blue jays scream outside and seeing the same ole, same ole. The top stories today are the sensationalized resurrection of an sordid murder that happened 10 years ago, endless death and destrruction in Baghdad and this little item: “A six-month Associated Press investigation found that […]
As I repeatedly mention our preference for a third world lifestyle, I realize not very many people know what I’m talking about. For most people, the third world lifestyle is synonymous with poverty, filth, hard work, unbearable heat, high crime rates, bugs, snakes, rats and disease. It sounds miserable and risky and I see them […]
A couple of Monday’s ago, I walked across the street with my basket of laundry and found the proprietor and an older gentleman having an animated conversation about the state of the world. A few minutes later, this retired farmer and I were the only people in the room and for lack of something better […]
We may think we invented Christmas but the Chinese are doing a darned good job of celebrating in the capitalist tradition. Americans and Chinese alike pour onto the street in shopping and partying over-drive during the December holidays resulting in a predictable increase in vehicular homicide. Here’s a brief account from the China Daily: Roads […]
Okay, or Holiday Wish or whatever seems right. I find it ludicrous that people are even worrying about what word they use when they wish their friends and neighbors well this Solstice season. So, that’s one wish – that people would feel okay about being kind to each other all year and not fret over […]