Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
Every time I watch the president pontificate about how fantastic everything is being handled with this latest global pandemic, COVID-19, I feel less reassured, more anxious. From my point of view, nothing seems to…
Something to Pass the Time While in Isolation Anyone want to sing along? Last night, they really started to clamp down. Apparently warning people wasn’t doing the job. There are a lot of awfully selfish people. I’m sure that in the… Read More ›
No matter how long I live, I think the memory that will linger longer than any other is the absence of toilet paper. There’s no TP in Massachusetts, even out here in the boonies. No TP in Boston. No TP… Read More ›
Share Your World 2.0 Questions: What harsh truths do you prefer to ignore? All of them, thank you. But I don’t because I can’t. I’m sort of the fixer around here, so unless I want to find us out on… Read More ›
In 1933, my father bought 40 acres of farmland in Easton, Connecticut for around $10,000. In 1934, he built a beautiful, stone Tudor house on a hill overlooking a field. The house was built by stonemasons from Italy who had… Read More ›
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD WEEK? LET’S START CELEBRATING WORLD WAR THREE TODAY SINCE WE WON ‘T HAVE TIME, LATER. Way back in the dark ages, the third week in February (an otherwise dreary and neglected month) was designated National… Read More ›
