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 …
The always-alarmed Press has got Americans so afraid of dying of the Wuhan Coronavirus that they have convinced some hairdressers in the Pacific Northwest that they would be in mortal danger from their customers, if they re-open their salons in the next "phase" of His Royal Highness Jay Inslee's plan to re-open the Washington State …
In October of 2012, Hubby and I went to New Jersey, where he was born, to attend his family Catholic church's 120th anniversary. On that trip, we drove out to the Jersey Shore, and spent a nice day at Cape May. It was absolutely beautiful for October; bright and sunny with temperatures in the 70s. …
Continue reading Skimmers! We Have Skimmers (and Terns, and Gulls)
I like to call it "Zoom-in-Zoom Out". Instead of taking one photo and cropping out the extraneous features, I find a subject and zoom closer in on it, to see the finer and many times more interesting features that might be missed in the wider view. I took these one day at our favorite day …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #96-Crop the Shot
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 …
Continue reading This is Sad. And Criminal. LaConner, Washington
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. …
First Good News Story: US Department of Justice Drops the Case Against General Michael Flynn. This case was a total travesty from Day One, and documents revealed this week show a real conspiracy, led and known by those at the top of the Obama Administration FBI, led by James Comey. The reputation of the …
Thanks to a Ricochet friend for bringing this excellent quote to my attention. It belongs in a prominent position, since it perfectly expresses the horror of the "Covid-19 Lockdown" mentality that has taken over the brains of so many state governors/mini-dictators. From Dr. John Rao: Our Socratic forbears taught us through their “Seeds of the …
Continue reading Stolen. “If it walks like a Quack and Talks like a Quack”
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 live in the Pacific Northwest (AKA Pacific North-WET), which is known for lots of rainfall. We do get our share of rain, but it's mostly light rain, rarely the kind of "raining buckets" that I have seen on the East Coast. Rain doesn't stop most activities-you can see kids playing soccer in the rain …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #95 All-Wet, Near and Far
