8\u00a0 bar rises 30.11\u00a0 0mph WNW\u00a0 windchill 4 \u00a0 Samhain<\/p>\n
Full Moon of Long Nights \u00a0\u00a0 Day\u00a0 8hr\u00a0 47m<\/p>\n
I hear you saying often that you’re not turned on to politics. Well let me bring to bear the lessons of history. If you’re not turned on to politics the lesson of history is that politics will turn on you.\u2014Ralph Nader, Countdown<\/p>\n
Yes, Nader is right, but I wish he’d take his own lesson to heart.\u00a0 Quixotic campaigns that drain the vote of the left and left independents have had their day.\u00a0 Until or if the left can mount a credible candidate we should support the Democrats.<\/p>\n
In this and many other ways I can tell I have reached old fogey status.\u00a0 Twice in the last couple of weeks I’ve sent notes to the Sierra Club’s legislative committee that reveal, to me later, and probably to each member at the time, my more conservative approach.\u00a0 With a $5+ billion budget deficit I think we should pitch our stuff in light of savings to the state budget.\u00a0 Instead my colleagues queue up to decide which expletives are more appropriate for sulfide mining.<\/p>\n
Used to be me.<\/p>\n
We’ve had a cold December so far, considerably below normal.\u00a0 This is the weather most of us here yearn for and miss as the winter’s have grown warmer.\u00a0 The snow stays on the ground; the air is crisp. \u00a0 Sleeping becomes a treat, a warm bear-in-the-den snuggle.<\/p>\n
I have finally caught up, again, with my various chores including all the outside ones.\u00a0 That feels great, but it does mean I have to reorient my daily activities and I’m still in the in-between place about that.\u00a0 Soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
8\u00a0 bar rises 30.11\u00a0 0mph WNW\u00a0 windchill 4 \u00a0 Samhain Full Moon of Long Nights \u00a0\u00a0 Day\u00a0 8hr\u00a0 47m I hear you saying often that you’re not turned on to politics. Well let me bring to bear the lessons of history. If you’re not turned on to politics the lesson of history is that politics … Continue reading <\/span>