I'm still waiting to see a fox or four in the backyard. M. Lee saw a mom and three juveniles when he was here in the spring so it's only fair but, so far, no foxes for me. The only critters who have graced the backyard of this airbnb is one American squirrel who eats the rose hips and the next door cat who drops by to poop. 30/08/2018
London but no foxes but a cat
I'm still waiting to see a fox or four in the backyard. M. Lee saw a mom and three juveniles when he was here in the spring so it's only fair but, so far, no foxes for me. The only critters who have graced the backyard of this airbnb is one American squirrel who eats the rose hips and the next door cat who drops by to poop.
Labels:
critters,
London,
travel notes,
UK
17/08/2018
Unfinished pieces
Went to the Louvre today. My favorite pieces were two unfinished sculptures of slaves abandoned by Michelangelo, beautiful work but a grim topic for sure.
Labels:
art notes,
EU,
museum crawl,
note to self,
Paris,
The Arts
09/08/2018
Toledo for daggers
We're now launched on a 5.5 month stay in Europe. For the first three weeks my daughter and her family will be with us. Last week we stayed at an airbnb in Madrid. From there are three World Heritage sites within an hour of the city by train so it's an excellent base. Never mind the temperature hovered around 105° the entire time, the hottest in the city's recorded history, we visited a thousand year-old castle, 800 year-old cathedrals, 2000 year-old Roman walls, roads, and shrines stuffed with saints bones and the skulls of long dead Catholic Cardinals however, the big event was visiting Fabrica Zamorano, the shop of Mariano Zamorano, master sword smith of Toledo.
Now we're in good old London where it's about 40° cooler and raining.
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| For just under $1000, Clark bought four daggers, gifts for his two daughters, his wife, and one for himself. |
Now we're in good old London where it's about 40° cooler and raining.
Labels:
EU,
itinerary,
London,
Madrid,
Spain,
travel notes,
UK,
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
30/06/2018
Don't mess with the press - 4th of July - America
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| Front page - Medford Mail Tribune - July 4, 2018 |
What is it about
FREEDOM and JUSTICE FOR ALL
that the Party of Trump doesn't like?
Oh yeah.
That's right . . .
the part about
FREEDOM and JUSTICE
FOR ALL.
That's right . . .
the part about
FREEDOM and JUSTICE
FOR ALL.
Don't be silent.
Vote.
Donate what you can of your
time, energy, talent, and resources
including cold, hard cash.
Call your representatives.
We can do together
what we can not do alone . . .
STOP
this compromised, neo-fascist President
and his spineless, neo-fascist Republican Party
from continuing to undermine our Democracy.
Vote.
Donate what you can of your
time, energy, talent, and resources
including cold, hard cash.
Call your representatives.
We can do together
what we can not do alone . . .
STOP
this compromised, neo-fascist President
and his spineless, neo-fascist Republican Party
from continuing to undermine our Democracy.
Labels:
First Amendment,
politics,
reality checks,
Republicans,
writing
21/06/2018
Summer Solstice 2018
Thunder and rain all night and now a cloudy, humid morning. It's almost feels tropical but this is Portland Oregon so I'm not counting on seeing a blue sky today on this, the official beginning of Summer now duly noted.
With over 2500 children currently imprisoned in internment camps by Trump and the Republicans and no end in sight, just fuckwad's useless magic marker scrawl on yet another impotent "executive order", I feel hypocritical and sad even mentioning summer as it calls to mind childhood and the golden days of summer but it is the beginning of summer so somehow make it count for good.
Labels:
DITL,
rant,
Republicans,
solstices & equinoxes
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