A Columbia County judge recently called the sale of our Sauk County nursing home a “valid public purpose” because it might pay off some debt and put the building back on the tax rolls. I hate to break it to you, Judge, but that’s not a public purpose. It's political doublespeak–unless your public purpose is to give away care and dignity.
I’m not entirely sure anyone in my family except my brother truly gets my job. Everyone knows what I do—I am an “editor,” so I “edit” a newspaper, simple as that. It probably involves writing stories and interviewing people and talking about government.
It’s been 20 years since Peter Greenwood, a bone cancer survivor, needed a prosthetic leg after an above-the-knee amputation. At that time, a group of people in the River Valley area saw a need and filled it by putting on a fundraiser to pay for Peter’s new leg.
I have been on a fascinating archeological exploration in the basement. I decided to empty the chest freezer, an appliance I rarely visit. When I put things away, I immediately forget that they exist. Hence my cluttered counters and my disappearing dining room table.
Kristie Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security…also known as the puppy shooter, is having difficulty recruiting ICE thugs. She is offering a $50,000 signing bonus for those willing to join her.
Some MAGAs who have drunk deeply of the Kool aide do not see the ICE agents as “thugs.”
Lately, from our president on down, I see our immigrant neighbors and friends referred to as scum. It wasn't that long ago, during the Covid pandemic, that these same people in food service, agriculture, and meat packing were referred to as essential workers.
I got into something I’m allergic to when I was out weeding. I got lucky that I found a crack in the weather-window that was both not raining, not hot and the air quality was ok. Whew. It hasn’t been an easy summer to find those windows.
The existence of wondrous animals is an affront to God’s existence.
Giraffes, for example, are proof of God’s non-existence. If God did exist and giraffes were real no one would believe a God would have the gall to create such a creature and not explicitly reveal Himself.*
