Skunk Tracks

I’m not the smartest person in the room. I have often disagreed with what those in power - on both sides of the political spectrum in this c...

*** Memories: February 4th, 2015 Some of the topics discussed below are dated now, but the opinions are still the ones I hold about so much ...

I had one of my rare but interesting intense, symbolic dreams that feels almost more realistic than real life.  The world seemed older, mayb...

I had a dream about Trump last night.  A bunch of administration people or maybe the press pool and I were in a room with him. He had create...

“Fate” is only those currents of history we allow to pass over, through and out from us in our name, without sufficient action to turn the t...

* In the end, nothing is inherently worth reaching for.   But, reaching for nothing assures that you'll attain it. Even...

* One can learn a big civics lesson simply by comparing how Western media portrayed Soviet government activities against its own ci...

* Going back to Grand Junction, Colorado this weekend brought back more than just memories of that particular locale. The air is...

 * The reasons for joining the military are usually more complicated than patriotism, love of country, and sacrifice. The reasons for ...

* An unbiased observance of nature, as well as biological and physical systems teaches that while there may be such a thing as a ...

* Then there was Mr. Titus Livy, Who wrote of recent Roman truths, To which he was privy. Rome's once virtuous glory Had ...

* The Death of Ivan Ilych is a complicated conglomeration of personal images, especially when one has insight into the author'...

* Those who strive mainly to do good within their small social, local, and family circles probably do more to posit...

* Orographically Speaking - by MRM ~ January 31st, 2014 Warm air holds a bit more water. Orographic rain begins life in air that...

* It is interesting to compare the influence of the Catholic Church over rulers of nations during the Middle Ages to the influen...

 * The Nazis had been defeated for many years before Germany's citizens could face their collective guilt for atrocities committ...

* H ow can we, as a society, get to a place where our government is not using drone strikes against merely "suspected terrori...

 * Wintery Things that Really Do Happen:  A Primer for Yuman Children.   Fact # 1: Snow really does slide off of roofs in gia...

*    I wasn't yet born on December 7th, 1941, so no matter what my understanding of that historical day, the true meaning of it c...

* In ten years, we intend to be living with much less "stuff," much further off the grid, growing vegetables, hunting for ...