And they firmly believe the sentiment in this ad I found while reading an article on my phone. However, I beg to differ, strenuously. This is Abortion. I really don't know what lives they are supposedly saving, but it sure isn't this one, or millions like it. I would love to show this picture to …
Back in 2019 BC (before Covid), there was a shindig called the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration, every June in the Bavarian Village of Leavenworth, Washington. Accordion players would come from around the world to compete, play concerts, attend workshops, and generally have lots of fun. There were competitions for all age groups, from under 10 …
Continue reading Endearing, talented, cute, and fun! Alligator Waltz
And in other news, the War Zone Cesspit of Seattle/Tacoma continues to produce tales of woe, mostly caused by the political policies of the Far Left who run most cities around here. They have favored criminals over victims, homeless over taxpaying citizens, and teachers unions over parents for decades. Here is what those policies have …
The Dictator of Washington State removed the state-wide Covid Mask Mandate as of midnight on Friday, March 11. The wearing of masks indoors remains mandatory for all medical/dental facilities and jails, and on government/public transportation (including ride-shares like Uber and Lyft, which are not government-owned). So on Saturday and Sunday, I kept my eyes open …
Every Friday, the Wall Street Journal print edition has a section entitled Mansion, where they do stories on homes of the rich and famous, and merely rich. Sometimes, they do a subject like "bought an old house and renovated it", and profile families who bought and renovated old houses. There are also many stories about …
A couple of years ago, a Ricochet friend turned me on to author T. Lee Harris, who wrote a short novel (The Eloquent Scribe) set in ancient Egypt in the time of Pharaoh Ramesses II. The hero of the detective story is a young apprentice scribe named Sitehuti. In the first chapter, he acquires a …
Continue reading Are you fascinated by Ancient Egypt? Have I got a Podcast for You!
Cee Neuner runs a bunch of fun photo challenges. First, she runs her "Flower of the Day" (FOTD) challenge...daily! Then, weekly she has her CMMC (Cee's Midweek Madness Challenge). So, this week's CMMC challenge topic is "Rainbow Colors/more than four colors in your photo". [links are to today's challenges] Well, it just so happens that …
The Leftists of the world think that humans are destroying the planet. They firmly believe that human-generated "greenhouse gases" have been causing the climate to get warmer for decades, and they believe that, unless the world essentially ceases to emit such gases from activities such as driving cars and trucks fueled by gasoline, and heating …
Continue reading Unintended (?) consequences of the Left’s environmental movement
And Cee didn't even ask me what this week's subject should be! My readers and followers will know that one of my favorite activities is taking video and still photos of all the variety of birds that visit my backyard suet and seed feeders. In all seasons, and through all kinds of weather, my trusty …
For decades, but increasingly in the past three years, the Seattle Police Department has been beleaguered; despised by the city government (made up of Leftists who still think of police as "pigs), mistrusted by the black community (the unacknowledged source of a majority of criminals), and under a consent decree initiated by the Obama (in)Justice …
Continue reading Will this “officer-involved shooting” be the last straw for the Seattle Police?
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