Robert Warski
@stoshman47.bsky.social
I am an over the hill retired principal and teacher, a family man blessed by a wonderful wife and a son and daughter of whom I am very proud, a person of faith within the Anglican/Episcopal Christian tradition. I despise Fascism, hence Maga Republicans.
Dawn from my deck, Christmas Eve, 2025. “The light shone in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1)
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Dawn from my deck, Christmas Eve, 2025. “The light shone in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1)
My dad, behind the gun in this vintage photo, with two of his fellow soldiers risked their lives fighting against Fascism in France, Belgium, and Germany in World War II. Now it is our turn to fight Fascism, not abroad, but within our own country. Have a mindful Veterans Day, 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My dad, behind the gun in this vintage photo, with two of his fellow soldiers risked their lives fighting against Fascism in France, Belgium, and Germany in World War II. Now it is our turn to fight Fascism, not abroad, but within our own country. Have a mindful Veterans Day, 2025.
Laurel and I spent several hours at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, today. This summer the arboretum is featuring oversized, multi-colored metallic sculptures of various creatures. My favorite is Spectra the Snail, occupying the top of a hill requiring a fairly steep ascent.
June 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Laurel and I spent several hours at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, today. This summer the arboretum is featuring oversized, multi-colored metallic sculptures of various creatures. My favorite is Spectra the Snail, occupying the top of a hill requiring a fairly steep ascent.
Doing my part at the Elgin IL
rally today against Trump Administration attacks on support for health care and medical research.
rally today against Trump Administration attacks on support for health care and medical research.
May 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Doing my part at the Elgin IL
rally today against Trump Administration attacks on support for health care and medical research.
rally today against Trump Administration attacks on support for health care and medical research.
So Trump is accepting a luxury plane from the Qatari royal family as a personal gift. What happened to the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution?
May 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So Trump is accepting a luxury plane from the Qatari royal family as a personal gift. What happened to the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution?
The Hands Off rally in downtown Elgin, Illinois, today featured a large inflatable rat representing Elon Musk-rat.
April 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Hands Off rally in downtown Elgin, Illinois, today featured a large inflatable rat representing Elon Musk-rat.
So Trump imposes taxes on a remote island inhabited by penguins but not on Russia. 🇷🇺 The penguin demands answers.
April 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
So Trump imposes taxes on a remote island inhabited by penguins but not on Russia. 🇷🇺 The penguin demands answers.
Trump Orders All Children Born Under Biden To Be Renamed After Confederate Generals — theonion.com/trump-orders...
Trump Orders All Children Born Under Biden To Be Renamed After Confederate Generals
WASHINGTON—In an effort to restore what he said were traditional American values that the previous administration had attempted to destroy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday decr...
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March 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump Orders All Children Born Under Biden To Be Renamed After Confederate Generals — theonion.com/trump-orders...
President Macron of France is now the leader of the Free World by default, since our president has switched sides. Here the new prime minister of Canada meets with him in Paris.Thank God someone is leading.
March 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
President Macron of France is now the leader of the Free World by default, since our president has switched sides. Here the new prime minister of Canada meets with him in Paris.Thank God someone is leading.
When a so-called peace conference includes one of the belligerents, the one that started the war, and not the other, the nation attacked, the outcome is not going to be peace, but rather a forced surrender. It’s Munich-style appeasement all over again.
February 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
When a so-called peace conference includes one of the belligerents, the one that started the war, and not the other, the nation attacked, the outcome is not going to be peace, but rather a forced surrender. It’s Munich-style appeasement all over again.
“Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Amos 5: 23-24
February 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Amos 5: 23-24
There are so many graves of children in the Colonial Park
Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, probably consequent to the absence of vaccines for childhood illnesses. And now we have an anti-Vaxer heading the federal oversight of health care.😞
Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, probably consequent to the absence of vaccines for childhood illnesses. And now we have an anti-Vaxer heading the federal oversight of health care.😞
February 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There are so many graves of children in the Colonial Park
Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, probably consequent to the absence of vaccines for childhood illnesses. And now we have an anti-Vaxer heading the federal oversight of health care.😞
Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, probably consequent to the absence of vaccines for childhood illnesses. And now we have an anti-Vaxer heading the federal oversight of health care.😞
I’ve always found this sculpture on the Savannah riverfront moving. It commemorates the thousands of Africans, kidnapped from their homes, unloaded from fetid slave ships and sold here into slavery. A poignant poem by Maya Angelou is inscribed on the monument.
February 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I’ve always found this sculpture on the Savannah riverfront moving. It commemorates the thousands of Africans, kidnapped from their homes, unloaded from fetid slave ships and sold here into slavery. A poignant poem by Maya Angelou is inscribed on the monument.
Our accommodations in the Savannah Historic District, on the outside looking like the warehouse it was, on the inside a very pleasant hotel. I love adaptive reuses of old buildings, a far better alternative to tearing them down.
February 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Our accommodations in the Savannah Historic District, on the outside looking like the warehouse it was, on the inside a very pleasant hotel. I love adaptive reuses of old buildings, a far better alternative to tearing them down.
In one of Savannah’s historic squares, there lies this monument to
a historic renaming. I’m sure the current administration in Washington would like this to be undone.
a historic renaming. I’m sure the current administration in Washington would like this to be undone.
February 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In one of Savannah’s historic squares, there lies this monument to
a historic renaming. I’m sure the current administration in Washington would like this to be undone.
a historic renaming. I’m sure the current administration in Washington would like this to be undone.
When it comes to creepy, it’s hard to beat this.
At the Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia,
this morning.
At the Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia,
this morning.
February 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When it comes to creepy, it’s hard to beat this.
At the Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia,
this morning.
At the Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia,
this morning.
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer
January 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Relevant observations from the late Mary Oliver, my favorite poet.
January 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Relevant observations from the late Mary Oliver, my favorite poet.
This is my favorite photo of the start of a voyage of the Beaver Island ferry between Charlevoix, Michigan, and Beaver Island on a very blustery day. Laurel and I have survived several such crossings in the many years we’ve been going to the island.
January 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is my favorite photo of the start of a voyage of the Beaver Island ferry between Charlevoix, Michigan, and Beaver Island on a very blustery day. Laurel and I have survived several such crossings in the many years we’ve been going to the island.
The golden plumes of ornamental grass on a sunny autumn day, Elgin, Illinois.
November 15, 2024 at 8:54 PM
The golden plumes of ornamental grass on a sunny autumn day, Elgin, Illinois.