The first thing I thought of when I saw this marvelous photo was that great Western expression, “all hat and no cattle”. Better yet, even the hat’s too big.

Remembering summer vacations past… ¡Viva Galicia!

Esto de las playas en Galicia se está poniendo insoportable. Ya no cabe más gente ni en el agua, ni sobre la arena. ¡Y nuestra piscina, no te digo! // The beaches in Galicia are becoming unbearable. So many people in the water, on the sand. And what can I say about our pool!

Just a suggestion…

Remember when the Masked Man was a good guy?

The always useful reminders from historian Tim Snyder’s excellent little book.

A headline from today’s edition of the Spanish satirical newspaper El Mundo Today: “Trump Asks the California Rioters That If They Want to Protest They Do So Democratically by Assaulting the Capitol”

Not even Andy Borowitz could have put it better!

Three new favorite t-shirts. Thank you, The Bitter Southerner. They publish a good mag and some great books. And some nifty t-shirts.
#thebittersoutherner #t-shirts #tshirts

“The art of old age is managing to end up like the big rivers: serenely, wisely, in a widening estuary where the fresh water begins to feel the salt, and the salt water a little of the freshness. And before you know it, you’re no longer a river but an ocean.” – Spanish writer José Luis Sampedro

Nuff said.

I can’t argue with this. Not that I would ever want to.

One tough tomaduh.

This is a full scale takeover by Trump and the far right. It will take decades to undo.
Well to the Banana Republic of North America.

Yup. Budde is braver and more principled than Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Mike Johnson and all the rest pit together.