I tried to post on Wordpress, but alas. Anyway, I just wanted to say I found this essaylet delightful. My father loved Nero Wolfe, and I still have a (very) few of those old paperbacks. I guess I have no choice but to crack one open. And then, possibly, keep going. Thanks for this!

I'm all in. How do we do this? Independence from the federal government! Yeah! That's what they want, isn't it?

The Southeast, the Northeast, Upper Lower Midwest, Pacific Northwest, Idaho-Montana-Wyoming, Utah-Colorado-Nevada, the Southwest... Hawaii, Alaska, California, and Texas— certainly their own countries.

Okay, I exaggerate: only twice as much. Not even! What a deal!

When he bans degenerate art, we’ll know exactly where we are.

I spoke too soon…

How the heck do politics enter in to a medical emergency in the first place?

3/ My latest entries include some book reports (a thing I do, left over from my MFA days), ladybugs, glass art, Gilbert & Sullivan (because we also need silly), and ancient Nigerian art. Plus hundreds more (there are 1,729 posts in all, since 2009/15). Check it out! roostmusings.blogspot.com.

2/ In any case, I've decided to start another daily practice, because (a) the discipline is salutary, (b) as is the habit of looking for (and telling about) beauty in the world, and (c) we all need beauty!

I posted a shot for IP2. It shows up in my feed. Should I post it here too?

The instructions:

1) Something you'd take with you when you leave the house
2) A stone (or a fossil)
3) Shot in a bathroom (any bathroom)

Seriously.

“People” didn’t understand much of anything when they voted Trump in for a second term. I wonder what they’ll understand on the far side of this catastrophe…