I Wear Xtratufs, Swallows Do Not

St. Joseph’s Day came and went. Not as big a celebration day as St. Patrick’s; but important, nonetheless, to fathers, carpenters, Sicilians, and fava bean farmers. Joseph was the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, making him stepfather to Jesus. He was a carpenter, and tradition says he saved Sicilians from starvation during a […]

To Mr. Putin, With Love…

The Budapest Memorandum, January 14, 1994: The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine … to respect the Independence and Sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine…. Yours Truly, Bill Clinton, John Majors, Boris Yeltsin, Leonid Kuchma And here we are […]

Another “You Cannot Be Serious!” News Day

While reading the news today, I had another one of those “You cannot be serious!” moments. I read and reread an article, hoping to find something, anything, remotely all right with it. Nope. Nothing. Still in a state of no, no, no, and rapidly approaching annoyance, all the while trying to keep outrage at bay, […]