We here on UnWoke have been prescient in our views so many times. Simon could change the name of the site to ”Toldja So!” So lemme just say, this thing about Russia invading Ukraine…. 2 possibilities: Russia, having had a conclusive demonstration of the US’ military ineptitude in Kabul, actually means to try, and thinks … Continue reading A Marker →

…because, well, its been kinda heavy weather INside me lately, but yet I have kept up with my routines: a three mile walk every day. or since it’s now winter, cross-country skiing. Last Saturday we had some rain on top of of about a foot of snow. it didnt melt it, the water sank in … Continue reading Talkin’ ’Bout the Weather →

When my parents died, I felt them for a while. i know that was all illusion too: as somebody’s child you have always assumed you are the most important thing in the world to him or her, they wouldnt just leave you! But with my sister, i do not feel her. i feel she did, … Continue reading ‘Bye now. Really. →

You fill it in: a V, or an S? it doesn't really matter: they are the same. To love is to lose, sooner or later. And the reverse? well, you wouldnt perceive separation as a loss if you hadnt loved the lost one. Ive lost the only person who wouldve known, without explanation, what i … Continue reading LO_E →

…Blame it on the Pill, by Guy Shepherd on American Greatness this morning. (Especially you, Judy!) Idk how to link, sorry. but this article says that because the pill tricks women's bodies into thinking they are already pregnant, women no longer follow the cues they otherwise would in deciding with whom to copulate. So they … Continue reading You MUST read… →

“All the heavy days are over./Leave the body’s colored pride/Underneath the grass and clover;With the feet laid side by side. Bathed in flaming founts of duty/She’ll not ask a haughty dress./Carry all that mournful beauty/To the scented oaken press. Did the kiss of Mother Mary/ Put that music in her face?/Still she goes with footstep … Continue reading Vesper →

Happy St.Agnes’ Eve. Ive written about it twice here, in 2020 (“Another Saint for our Saint”and 2021 (“January Holidays”) so i wont recap here. Im not in a frolicsome mood. 2022 just keeps getting worse and worse. Oh, and then worse. Still theres something numinous about a saint’s day, even if none of us are … Continue reading January 20 →

Following up on my comment on Simon’s “God” thread: my reference to ”The great god Pan is dead!” was to the legend that, sometime in Tiberias’ reign, 14-37 AD, a sailor named Thamus heard a voice while he was at sea off the coast of Greece: ” Are you there, Thamus?When you reach port, take … Continue reading Gods Who Die (and DON’T Return) →

…damned if you do, and damned..etc. Postcard from the valley of the shadow of death: about tears: i have observed a paradox: People want to see you cry, and then, immediately, they want to see you stop. Maybe it’s just a matter of feeling powerful, believing they can give comfort. They seem to think you … Continue reading On Weeping →

I think ive used that title before. But my double-take today is about what I just heard on the news: Covid hospitalizations have reached an all time high😱 meaning: people are admitted to the hospital for something else, then after 8 days or so they test positive. Thats what Maria Bartiromo said—but i doubt most … Continue reading Wait, what? II →