I wasn’t always able to travel. I did have to work regularly to support a family. I helped my wife raise three daughters, both with a paycheck and as a care giving Father. We had a couple of dogs and cats and we built our own solar heated house in the early 1980’s. In [...]

The winter solstice is here! That’s right- the ancient celebration that morphed into the biggest consumeristic experience of the year! It is the ancient celebration that cmas is based on- as the ancient roman powers that be assimilated pagan customs into their version of Christianity (much like the borg.) so what exactly [...]

Today’s post is short and I hope sweet, sweet with truth and meaning. This is the third “anniversary” of my son, Kelsey’s death and this is all I have in me….
Why we should care? A race related post on another blog resulted in a heated exchange, as they so often do. The question was asked [...]

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From our friends at Coalition for a Democratic America-another great one!-Dusty
OLD KING CHENEY
Based on “Good King Wenceslas”
By SweetPea and BibleBelted
Old King Cheney looked about, wanting so much power
Did not gripe he did not pout, said “now it is my hour.”
Quickly was a plan conceived, though it was not legal
Screw the Congress, damn the [...]

I read about this several years ago in Smithsonian and it gave me the chills. Please follow the site for the story of how these massive underground caves were found . I dispaired of ever seeing them,yet some brave professional photographers did the near impossible.I added a “preview” photo to inspire those of you [...]

Damn..if I hadn’t of seen this with my own eyes..I would of called someone a freaking liar! Its short, so let me print it here for you:
Connecticut High School Bans “Huckleberry Finn
“Huckleberry Finn” is regarded as one of the first great American novels.It’s often taught in high schools, and often criticized for what some [...]

I remember the air raid drills in school and those god-forsaken movies..Lewis gets it right on all counts.
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Actually, I don’t know The Worried Shrimp..but I love the hell out of his artwork. I believe he paid us a visitation this morning on one of Jolly Roger’s posts! I would like to encourage anyone that loves good political art to visit his site and page through his magnificent works.. Its worth your time [...]

By ABE and BIBLE BELTED
Does anyone remember a science fiction book titled Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury? We do. When some of us were growing up we read a lot of Bradbury and we feel that this particular book is especially prophetic.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the plot line, [...]

When I put up the new template, I was damn proud of myself. I had finally integrated gravatar’s for the authors into the posts, something most of the original writers had asked for. I was hunting around the internets, looking for old art that contained Sirens, or for the males..men that looked noble. Then I [...]

Since the writers are on strike, I will honor it and not cross the picket line. After all, I am a long time Union man. I worked as a teamster for most of my working career. My father was a teamster as well as my brother. My spouse’s father was an AFL-CIO pipe fitter, and [...]

~ A ballet company dancer goes to a cocktail party,and on a lark has her fortune told. The woman, holding her ring and a bracelet ,looks into her face and tells her a unimaginable story. She will leave the mecca for dancers,New York,and go to a very rural place and do the best work of [...]

“Lord take me where you want me to go
Lord have me meet who You want me to meet
Lord let me know what You want me to say
And Lord?
Keep me out of your way”
Saint of 9/11~ is a beautiful tribute to a Franciscan Priest~ Father Mychal Judge remembered by most as the Firemen’s Priest who was [...]

i am happy to introduce dawn as our newest contributor. she hails from the mean streets of new york city and has the arduous task of raising 3 sons, 2 dogs and a husband. but she handles that and more- and blogs about it at ‘my crazy life.’ welcome dawn! — [...]