We always observed Groundhog Day growing up. It was my paternal grandmother's birthday. I was thinking of my grandmother today. Between the holiday, and a recent spate of Amazon TV -- Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman -- she came to mind again. Dr. Quinn is a fun show with message fiction about a female doctor making … Continue reading Groundhog Day
Category: Social Issues
The one, the only, Television purchase
Okay, we are eclectic tech people. We like our devices, but we don't have everything new. We are very particular in what we want and how we spend our tech dollars. Case in point: Until last Saturday I had never purchased a television. Now, I've never been without a television, just never bought one. My … Continue reading The one, the only, Television purchase
Calm before the storm
Since at least Monday the extended weather forecast has been filled with icy rain/wintry mix possibilities coming up this weekend. When that was all to hit moved back and forth. Sometimes it was Friday, other times everything was clear until Sunday. But today, it looks like it might have actually settled down. The story I … Continue reading Calm before the storm
How to blog …
Cedar had an excellent post today on how to blog. I looked at her post and recognized some of the evolution of my own blog. She made good points about knowing why you write, and planning a schedule. I'm better on the second than the first. But the one thing about a schedule, is you … Continue reading How to blog …
If only the streets were that clean …
I found the above picture on a Facebook meme. It reminded me of my recent siting of street sweepers in North Kansas City. Early one morning, headed to work, there there were cleaning the streets. So I was shocked the next morning on the way in to see a pile of leaves along Swift … Continue reading If only the streets were that clean …
The year to end all years
As I sit and try to think about what to post on to close out the year,. I got to thinking about all the bad things we were scared with this year, all the things that were wrong, that were going to ruin life as we know it. And yet here we are, and things, … Continue reading The year to end all years
The Frivolity of Christmas
Today, a short meditation: Some people frown upon all the frivolity of Christmas, the stuff that doesn't obviously point to Christ, or remember the Nativity. I agree that when it comes to specific church observances, we need to ensure that Christ is obviously there, and our theology is sound. Yet even there, I think many … Continue reading The Frivolity of Christmas
Post Truth: What Is Truth?
"What is Truth?" Was a famous quote of Pontius Pilate. But in this video Derek from Veritasium believes he has it defined. And while this video sounds so nice and reasonable, I think it is actually dangerous and arrogant. I think, rather than "What is Truth?" it comes down to "Whose Truth?" Philosophically we can … Continue reading Post Truth: What Is Truth?
A winter vignette
Yesterday we had clue of our first storm of the season moving into Kansas City. Friday was to warm up, and then start drizzling, with the temperatures slowly dropping, but stay above freezing until I would get home from work. Which was fortunate, since I was riding by bicycle home. When I got out to … Continue reading A winter vignette
Civil War: The Blue and the Red
I read and article the other day about how the fly-over states are holding the rest of the country back. I've also seen articles and comments about how willing many people would be to let California secede. And it got me to thinking about the civil war. There were many issues that drove the blue … Continue reading Civil War: The Blue and the Red
At The Rainbow 