Day: December 30, 2020

KNOWING NOTHING IS THE WAY TO GO!

I’m always glad to have a reason to pull this oldest of my philosophical rants out of archives, dust it off, and publish it. It represents years of thought, night-long discussions in college, several obscure philosophy courses I took as an undergrad -- and at least one 40-page research paper. How bizarre that now, at … Continue reading KNOWING NOTHING IS THE WAY TO GO!

BIRD WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: BIRDS IN OR NEAR THE WATER OR SNOW

BIRDS IN OR NEAR THE WATER OR SNOW Wow, do I have pictures for you! We got more than a foot of snow earlier this week. It has been below freezing all week, so nothing has melted. Maybe next week? Or maybe this will be one of those years when the snow just keeps piling up … Continue reading BIRD WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: BIRDS IN OR NEAR THE WATER OR SNOW

DAFFODOWNDILLIES – FOTD

FOTD – December 30 – Daffodils Right now, thinking about spring is a happy thought. I'm not in the best of all possible mental frameworks. The odds of my getting a vaccination anytime soon are almost nil. Massachusetts doesn't have any sensible plant for distributing vaccines and the way they have it set up, it could … Continue reading DAFFODOWNDILLIES – FOTD

I AM HOME – By RICH PASCHALL

A piece of home alone fiction by Rich Paschall The alarm went off at 6 am as usual.  Instead of hitting the snooze bar, George turned off the alarm and got up.  It was Wednesday, trash collection day in the small Florida town.  He no longer had Ethel to push him out of bed so he … Continue reading I AM HOME – By RICH PASCHALL

A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR

Remember the line from a song in Mary Poppins (the original movie with Julie Andrews) where she sang "Just a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down?" I remember when Trump was elected saying that once he got into office, he might discover being President was a good gig. He could settle down. … Continue reading A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR