Earlier today, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, a Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX) rocket took off for space, carrying two American astronauts in its Crew Dragon Capsule. The team on the ground cheered, and Americans who were watching cheered as they watched the first manned space mission in many years. This is a tribute to the …
Category: Random Musings About Life
Voices from the Lockdown
In my travels through the Wall Street Journal last week, I heard the following voices, calling out of the Wilderness that is "Coronavirus Lockdown", variously enforced in most of the United States, by Governors and Mayors who don't like the US Constitution very much. They issue various decrees upon their Subjects, forcing them to stay …
This is Sad. And Criminal. LaConner, Washington
This afternoon, my husband and I defied the "stay-at-home" order, and drove our car up to the Skagit Valley. It was bright, sunny, and around 80 degrees out. LaConner is admittedly a "touristy" little town on the Swinomish Slough, with dozens of little local stores selling just about anything you might want. Not one store …
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What now, Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway?
This summer, the cruise industry is forced by the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic to cancel all cruises to Alaska. Cruises to Alaska leave from the ports on the West Coast, including San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC. So those ports will miss out on the cruise ship passengers' money, but they have other sources of tourists. …
Ten Years of Kikyo
We brought home our new black cat, Kikyo, in July of 2010. It didn't take her very long to settle in, with her new Staff to cater to her every whim. We bought her a tall cat tree, so she could climb up and watch out the clerestory window in the family room. We bought …
I Defy
I defy the authorities who tell me that, as an over-70-year-old person, I should be staying home and not leaving my house. I defy the Government Authorities who say this: The CDC guidance comes as two top infectious disease experts with ties to the federal government have advised people over 60 and those with underlying …
For Who Will Record the Truth…
...in these days of Darkness? Who will write down, for others to read, exactly what happens? Who will write the History of events in all the turmoil? Who will record exactly what is said, and meant, by President Donald Trump? How will posterity know exactly what kind of President he was, when the recorders are …
A Zigzag Working Life
I graduated from college in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Back in junior high school, a psychiatrist had helped me a great deal, so I decided that I wanted to be a psychologist when I grew up. Since you can’t do much with a bachelor’s degree, I applied to graduate schools to get …
Proven right again-Hollywood
It has always seemed to me that Hollywood movies these days have been aimed primarily at an audience of 14-year-old boys. I have noticed a steady stream of new releases that are based on popular comic books, young-adult novels, and other youth-oriented subjects. This week, an article in the Wall Street Journal has proven me …
Dispatches from Furlough, Day Ten
Well, it's the final day of my enforced "vacation", and I guess the last vacation from work I will take in my working life. Boy, that thought just hit me. I have had some time to think over that voluntary-separation offer I received, and I am now planning on some negotiations with my supervisors. I …
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