The Beginning....

The Beginning....
When William Least Heat-Moon toured the country many years ago, his steed, if you will, was a van that he named Ghost Dancing. His journey of America was 13,000 miles. His book is Blue Highways, A Journey Into America. My steed will be a Subaru WRX (traded for an XV Crosstrek). My travels will be, what in the past were called, the blue highways of Virginia. Years ago, maps showed secondary roads in blue. Yes, the ones less traveled.

Sunday, April 21, 2019

I Just Made a Donation to Mike Gravel 2020. I Ask That You Also Make a Donation.

Here's where you donate, Please watch the videos. Two kids are running his campaign.

Donate a dollar. Just trying to get enough of us so he can go to the debates.

Here's the link to the Guardian article.

BTW, this gentleman is 88!!!!!






Friday, April 19, 2019

Sarah Sanders is a Lyin' Creepy Scumbag! And, That's Not a Slip of the Tongue....



Guardian article.


"Sanders’ claim on 10 May 2017, the day after Comey was fired, that “countless members of the FBI” opposed Comey was “a slip of the tongue”, Sanders told the special counsel’s office in an interview last year.
Sanders repeated that “slip of the tongue” during a press briefing the following day, when skeptical White House reporters questioned her on her claim that Comey did not have support within the FBI’s rank and file. One reporter asked what basis the White House had for that conclusion, given that the FBI’s acting director had publicly said that Comey still had the support among the FBI’s agents.
“I can speak to my own personal experience,” Sanders told the White House press. “I’ve heard from countless members of the FBI that are grateful and thankful for the president’s decision.” She went on: “I’ve certainly heard from a large number of individuals. And that’s just myself. And I don’t know that many people in the FBI.”
“You personally have talked to countless officials, employees, since this happened?” another reporter asked later.
“Correct,” Sanders said.
“I mean, really?” the second reporter asked.
“Between, like, email, text messages – absolutely,” Sanders said.
“Fifty? Sixty? Seventy?” the reporter asked.
“Look, we’re not going to get into a numbers game. I have heard from a large number of individuals that work at the FBI that said they’re very happy with the president’s decision. I don’t know what else I can say.”"

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Trump Gives Tiger the Medal of Freedom....

From one womanizer to another, here's the Medal of Freedom. Yep, Trump gives Tiger the MoF. 



"The Medal of Freedom recognizes individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors," according to the executive order designating the award."

The CNN article.

OK, so Tiger made a comeback. That's good for him and his fans. But, folks, it's a game of golf, for cryin' out loud. No cancer cure, no world peace, climate change is still with us, Trump is still president, and other than Tiger no one is better off. Oh, well. Again, shouting in an empty room,



Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Because of Words in Some Book You Can Put the Rest of Us in Danger!

Well, it's the Jews this time. Yes, measles again. Here's the article.



"Debates in the Orthodox Jewish community over vaccinations stem from Torah teachings that followers should not cause the body any damage since it is a gift from God."

"But the law also provides an exemption when a physician certifies that the immunisation may be detrimental to a child’s health or whose parents “hold genuine and sincere religious beliefs which are contrary” to the vaccination law."

I'm not going to comment.




Friday, April 5, 2019

Any of You Folks Like Pups? Here's a Video of One Who is Amazingly Well-Trained....



This is Sophie. I wrote a couple of 55-word stories about her when I knew she was pretty-darn sick. Sophie and the pup in the video are both Bouviers.


The Last Hurrah!

Past few years, he’d, somewhat macabrely, wondered who would go first.
He 77 with heart disease, she recently diagnosed with cancer. In dog years, they were the same age.
Decided they’d take a trip. Get away from it all.
Car packed, ready.
Chest pains, toppled over. 
Tossed her the keys. “Drive carefully and have fun.”

January 4, 2017

This one’s pretty uplifting, hey! I wrote this when I accepted that my pup was pretty sick. She died January 15, 2017.


The Dogs’ Way

They demand nothing and expect little.
Always patient.
Understanding and forgiving.
Never vindictive.
Always by our side.
Will protect us till their death.
Won’t question what we do, but will always support us.
A simple treat will make their day.
If there was a God who was fair, they, the pups, would be walking us.

January 21, 2017







Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Pompeo, God, Trump, Israel, and More Religious Lunacy!!!!!


I'll not comment on this one!

Here's the link to the article.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed with a suggestion posed in an interview Thursday that it's possible God raised Donald Trump to be President in order to protect Israel from Iran.
In an interview in Jerusalem, the Christian Broadcast Network's Chris Mitchell asked Pompeo, "could it be that President Trump right now has been sort of raised for such a time as this, just like Queen Esther, to help save the Jewish people from the Iranian menace?" Esther is the main heroine of the Jewish holiday of Purim, which was celebrated this week.
"As a Christian, I certainly believe that's possible," Pompeo said.
Pompeo added that he is "confident that the Lord is at work here" when he sees the "remarkable history of the faith in this place and the work that our administration's done to make sure that this democracy in the Middle East, that this Jewish state, remains."

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Darren Brown.... I've Commented on Him Before.

The first video is downright weird. Yep, it's about a lady playing the piano. 

The second video is about an older lady (hey, I can say that) who Darren teaches to play poker. Though she had played cards with her family and friends, she'd never played poker. She plays against several professional players. See how she does.




Christopher Hitchens....

The first video is the 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft.

The second video is the last public appearance of Hitchens.

If you don't know of him, you should. Regardless, you should watch both videos.

He died on December 15, 2011.