Turns out my Rascal Cat Olver blisses out to streamed Jimmy Cliff. Cat Oliver used to calm with streamed Mozart, that cat Ambien, not so much now. If old reggae works now, thanks Jimmy Cliff, it works. When Oliver The Cat is antic, no catching up with his destructive capacity. Just get Cat Oliver to … Continue reading That Other Jimmy Guy, More On Moving And Storage, Cats And Books, Food Waste, Water Waste, Bernie, It’s Still All Connected

Years ago, Barack Obama (with whom I am glad to share a birthdate) decided to ignore a simple gaffe (something about "clean," yeah gaffe) so that he and now-President Biden could share leadership. The most recent State of the Union fit so well into my writing on the social conversation about economics. Reminded me that … Continue reading That Joe Guy, And The Jimmy Guy, Still It’s All Connected

I'm writing a book on the (yes, abstract-sounding) cultural influences on everyday peoples' economic understandings -- what is fair distribution, for whom, why it happens as, why it is alright or not, again for whom. In one section of one sub-section of one chapter (yes, abstract-sounding, but that is what editing is for) I look … Continue reading It’s All Connected

But if you must...do go on making fun of the world. Already searching for my Chicago tour tickets. In my journals for as long as they, the journals, exist, Trevor Noah quotes recorded "ain't nobody got time for that" (roughly, I think) and "miss me with that bull blah blah" (roughly, I think). Trevor Noah … Continue reading Don’t Go, Trevor Noah, Oh, And Amber Ruffin, Oh, And Oh, John Oliver

On my Thanksgiving weekend I said yes, big yes, to Steve Kornacki (in his chart-throb khakis) statisfying (yes spelled as intended) That Big Dog Show. And oh my gosh the 100th birthday of Charles Schultz. Simply pure genius dude. Don't I love, love, love, my Peanuts gang tee shirt. Yes and yes. (Not much I … Continue reading Thanksgiving Is Complicated

Cooking and cleaning and desk chores day, fingers crossed, WordPress fix-up night next, just brought up Ave Maria on the YouTube. Oh my. Sung by Callas, by Pavorotti, yes. By a devoted Father at a family wedding (there were tears), hugest yes. But tonight it was Kimmy Skota from South Africa while I was doing … Continue reading Heavenly, Even For Non-Believers

A random Friday morning post while waiting on the roasting vegetables, getting ready laundry, cleaning the floors, desk work. A person I once knew recently began what appears a successful university course on animal and human interaction. Now, yes, there's a lot that has been explored there, a very interesting topic. How many books, not … Continue reading Whale Speak

I'm mostly a dog person. I really really really like dogs. But right now I'm caring for and rustling my adorable cat "slob" Oliver (nods Audrey Hepburn and journo-comic John Oliver.) Cat Oliver is happy, energetic and sociable. But none of my dogs could climb bookcases, knock over lamps, dump make-up baskets, chew apart electrical … Continue reading Repair, Recycle (And Compost)

So. Big old fussy face start to Saturday. Last week the laptop battery bloated like too-much-soy-in-the-diet bloat, too-much-dairy bloat. Exploded base panel. Could not be saved. So. Took thing into who-used-to-be the best computer fixers...once brought back alive my university syllabi, conference papers, academic publications, policy reports, freelance, from, yes, as far back as the … Continue reading Place, Stuff Too, Again (And The Rug That Ties Together The Room) (Yup, The Big Lebowski)

Queen Elizabeth II died.