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March 1, 2024 —
Made it to San Miguel de Allende. We were a little surprised on our first day here at how quiet the town seemed. That didn’t last long. March 1 began with “bombas” exploding well before 6:00 a.m. to signal the Fiesta of the Lord of the Conquest. Before long we found our way to central... Read More
February 27, 2024 —
We are traveling today to San Miguel de Allende, a lovely small city nestled in the Sierra Madre Mountains about four hours north of Mexico City. It is popular destination for international visitors, but equally popular with Mexican tourists as well. Set at 6500′, San Miguel is full of art, music, great restaurants, beautiful churches... Read More
February 26, 2024 —
As I mentioned in my Saturday post, I thought David Brooks current article in The Atlantic especially timely and helpful. Brooks names a pervasive spirit of pessimism that has settled like a heavy fog over the land, red and blue alike. And like a dense fog, this makes it difficult for us to see clearly; for us... Read More
February 23, 2024 —
Taking comfort where you can find it. Earlier this year the login at Constant Contact changed such that it now starts with a screen that says, “Click here . . . Verifying you are human . . . this may take a moment.” Most days I login whether to write a blog or check to... Read More
February 21, 2024 —
Several of you asked what my take was on Ezra Klein’s podcast/ column of February 19, which is titled “Democrats Have A Better Option Than Biden.” Well, I thought it was very good. For a couple of reasons. He was very positive about Joe Biden and his presidency. He indicated how much he liked Biden... Read More
February 20, 2024 —
Last night we went to a meeting of Seattle friends and acquaintances interested in doing field work (voter registration, door-belling) in swing states for the upcoming 2024 election. We went to a similar meeting, in the same home in fact, in 2016. It led to my trip in October of 2016 to Ohio, where I... Read More
February 16, 2024 —
Tribute to Navalny. At The Free Press Bari Weiss offers a tribute to the Russian dissident, Alexei Navalny. Here’s a bit of that fine piece: “The life and death of Navalny insists on the following: there is a free world and an unfree world. There is right and there is wrong. There is better and worse,... Read More
February 15, 2024 —
I am reading Tim Alberta’s new book, The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicalism in An Age of Extremism. It runs nearly 500 pages, but reads well. Keeps you turning the pages. Still, it’s tough reading. Why? Because it portrays just how frightened, gullible, manipulated and lost are those Evangelical Christians who have... Read More
February 13, 2024 —
Ash Wednesday today, also Valentine’s Day. There’s a mash-up! More creative minds than mine are finding connections between the two, I’m sure. Thanks to reader Reynolds Shook for the graphic! A few Ash Wednesday/ Lent thoughts. Often people think Ash Wednesday is mostly about mortality. “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” “Dust you are and... Read More
February 10, 2024 —
You’ll miss us when we’re gone. Maybe. The British writer, Mary Harrington, took the occasion of King Charles’s cancer diagnosis to reflect at UnHerd on his (and my own) oft-maligned generation, the boomers. Harrington — who is not a boomer — swims against the stream of negative critique of boomers writing, “But there are boomers... Read More
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