Day: February 20, 2026

GENERATIONS OF ACTIVISTS – BY ELLIN CURLEY

I am a passionate progressive. But I have never been an activist. Until Trump, I never went to protests in the streets. Twice in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s I did volunteer work for the Presidential Campaigns of Eugene McCarthy and then Ed Muskie, both liberal. But that was the extent of my hands … Continue reading GENERATIONS OF ACTIVISTS – BY ELLIN CURLEY

ODD SQUARE ON A SURPRISING SNOWY MORNING

FEBRUARY'S ODD SQUARES We didn't expect snow. Well, maybe we knew there was a possibility (small possibility) of snow, but no one predicted it. The first I heard was an alert -- at 7 this morning -- from Alexa that we were in the middle of a snow alert with snow expected to continue throughout … Continue reading ODD SQUARE ON A SURPRISING SNOWY MORNING

Neighborhoods, Part 2

Continued from Neighborhoods Other girls lived nearby but were not eligible to join our group. Tribal affiliation was accounted block by block. You belonged to the group of kids whose block you shared. Woe to he or she who lived on a block without other children of the same age and sex. The isolation would … Continue reading Neighborhoods, Part 2

SKETCHBOOK 17 -THE DE-STRESS DRAWINGS

I can't believe the amount of stress involved in getting a license I neither need nor want, and the hoops I have to jump through to get it. If nothing else, all of this has shown us that we really need to get our paperwork sorted out. He came out well -- except he has … Continue reading SKETCHBOOK 17 -THE DE-STRESS DRAWINGS