..apologies to Feydeau. But today i found one! Actually IN my ear! i didnt feel it, you dont feel ticks (except, in my experience, when they emerge on to your face and disturb the very sensitive, fine, invisible hairs we have there … maybe they’re like a cat’s whiskers? But by what i consider a … Continue reading A Tick in her Ear →

….because, when it cones down to it, all the Dems have to do is dangle federal funding in front of state and local officials. And the federal government will NEVER run out of funds. It can’t, because as a ” sovereign currency issuer” , it is the source of all our money! it doesn't need … Continue reading Yes, there WILL be a “Ministry of Truth” →

By now im sure youve seen the video of Nina Jankowitz, (the chairman of Bygone-Hapless’ new Board of Disniformation), singing the song from the movie Mary Poppins. Hence my epithet. Have you read P.L.Travers’ Mary Poppins books? They are actually far from the saccharine sweetness of the Julie Andrews movie. Mary is scary. She totally … Continue reading Mary Poopins →

Okay i have had enough of acting the diligent executor. My sister, my soul: come out come out wherever you are! This thing about you being dead can’t be true, it’s….preposterous. It’s wrong. I’ve played along, but enough is enough, i don't want to play any more. I want to talk to you. You who … Continue reading Roll the Credits →

…but before we get to that: have you noticed the war in Ukraine is over? For three months, you couldnt turn on the TV without seeing pictures of rubble and bodies. Oh, every once in a while you still see Zelensky in his fatigues, a leader actually speaking up for and professing t0 love his … Continue reading Taherzadah and Ali’s Excellent Adventure →

My mother was from Missouri , and she used to sing a lullaby to the tune of what i have now learned is called The Missouri Waltz. And its still Mo’s state song. But here are the words i remember: “Way down in Missouri where i heard this melody When i was a little baby … Continue reading Whither the Sandman? →

..That dares love attempt! “ It’s what Romeo says when he steels himself to go back to the Capulets’ garden hoping to catch a glimpse of Juliet. its dangerous, foolhardy, but not impossible, and, since it is possible, he, being in love, will try it! “What love can do, that dares love attempt! “ As … Continue reading ..”And What Love CAN do… →

Today was the Tartan Day Parade in New York City , and your humble correspondent was there. But want i wanna report was the absolute THRILL, i mean i almost teared up, when the bagpipes started, and we, as members of the St Andrew’s Society of New York, began marching up Fifth Ave behind them. … Continue reading The Pipes! →

I’m crying again tonight, sobbing, moaning, wailing, for my darling sister. Nearly three months now. What is that, against a long lifetime wherein there were, always, two of us? She left me, she has forgotten me. Don’t try to say anything: she HAS. i know it, i cant help knowing it, i dont want to … Continue reading The Happy Wound →

“One day, each of us will die.” NOT TRUE! It will probably take SEVERAL days. (h/t the creators of Nightvale)