First, a little musical introduction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWSiMhEkFVk For some reason, this song plays pretty often on my internal tape. In the summer of 2010, Hubby and I took a three-week vacation, and drove from our home in Washington State to Michigan and back, for a Hillsdale Hostel. We took the Southern Route to get there, through …
A bittersweet Independence Day
This year of 2020, when we Americans should be celebrating American Exceptionalism-the big difference in America's founding and history from every other nation on Earth; our great country is riven by rioting, looting, Marxism, ugliness, vandalism---oh, and also a worldwide pandemic of a virus that originated in Communist China. Instead of the sound of parades, …
Jenny Durkan, the Mayor of Seattle, is Racist, and Black Lives don’t seem to matter to her
For nearly a month now, activists have occupied a portion of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Those activists and their hangers-on have barricaded the streets; desecrated the Seattle Police East Precinct and prevented the Police from returning there; broken windows and graffiti-tagged businesses in their "zone"; and allowed multiple shootings and two deaths. The shooting victims …
Lens-Artists Challenge #103-Surprise
A surprise is something unexpected, exciting, thrilling. On our Hillsdale College cruise to Hawaii in 2018, we had a few hours in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. We were taking a rest in a pleasant little shopping center, deciding where to go next, when I happened to glance at a tree behind me, …
Corporations Invite The Fox Into the Hen House
The title of the Wall Street Journal article reads: Firms Seek Government Mask Mandate. It seems that some companies are asking their state governments to do what California's Gavin Newsom and Washington's (sleepy) Jay Inslee have done-issue statewide requirements that all persons wear face coverings when outside their homes. The Journal says: Rules vary by …
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Photos
I have not had nearly enough opportunity these days to get outside with my camera. So I thought I'd go back to the archive and find some of the photos that I'm fondest of. Here are some. For some reason, this photo of the Potholes Reservoir has been the most popular photo I have ever …
They’ve Got Us Right Where They Want Us (with thanks to a Ricochet friend for the idea)
Isolated from friends and family. Schools closed, so our children cannot see or play with their friends; in fact, being taught to fear their friends. Churches closed. Movie theaters, retail shops, bars and restaurants closed (these are all the places where we socialize together). Stuck at home. Working from home, distant from colleagues and supervisors …
Calling All Citizens of the State of Washington: Defy Tyranny, Resist the Mandatory Wearing of Masks Outside the Home
The governor of the state of Washington, "Sleepy" Jay Dimslee, has issued a Proclamation, making it mandatory that ALL citizens wear face-covering masks whenever outside their homes. This Edict applies to all citizens over the age of Two Years. The Penalty for being caught without a mask over your face is a Misdemeanor Citation; as …
Lens-Artists Challenge #102 – A Quiet Place
In this very noisy world, where you are always surrounded by man-made sounds, it can take a long search to find a really quiet place. It also depends on how you define "quiet". Can a quiet place have people in it, or do you have to be alone to have quiet? Can you be indoors, …
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Hillsdale College Resists Pressure by “Black Lives Matter” Supporters
And Good for Hillsdale! Hillsdale College admitted black students and women from its founding in 1844. This illustrates its genuine Virtue of action, as distinct from the virtue-signaling demonstrated by companies and colleges pandering to the segregationist Black Lives Matter movement. In this article at the Washington Free Beacon Web site (a must-read for any …
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