The final day of April, and I kept my eyes peeled for any new item from which to prognosticate futures, or present meaning in my world.  It seemed a pretty dull day….the same things I had seen before in the week, when I picked up other bits of debris: the Folgers cannister caught in the […]

In the few months since I made my site here a fund-raiser for Fisher House, I have blamed the economy, the spammers, the general no-goodniks of society for the apparent apathy to charities like Fisher House.  But on more thought, I think that here in my neighborhood, a few other things are operative.  I just […]

I have been keeping at least slightly abreast of the news in Israel and Gaza of late.  It is fairly depressing and angering.  The long and short of it is, though Hamas has legally elected representatives, Israel refuses to work or talk to them.  Part of the reason was Hamas did not recognize the state […]

The count from the date of the full moon to the last quarter is 18; but that is US troops only; I only check and update the international names once per month (for my sanity, sorry).
Sgt. Joseph A. Richard III, 27, of Lafayette, La. - Army -Iraq _IED
1st Sgt. Luke J. Mercardante, 35, of Athens, […]

The picture is the most up to date one of the counter bead strands on the monument…over five thousand, one hundred now. Each bead for a man or woman from the U.S. or a Coalition nation. I have no heart for making necklets…

Ok, I don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh. But reading the text on a blog of how he says he wants riots at the Democratic Convention so that a Democrat won’t be elected made my brain spin.
What kind of ASSHOLE wishes this sort of destruction and pain on his own nation in the name of partisan […]

As even a tiny blogger, obviously in the course of much online reading, I have run across the idea of America undergoing a proto-fascist set of behaviors that include glorification of the military and all things militaristic. I have seen article after article about how the various police organizations act more and more like […]

How does Earth Day have diddly to do with a blog dedicated to the war and the fallen?  Well, not only can I cheat at will, but there is a connection if you read “Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail or Succeed” by Jared Diamond.  Some demented mental harpy in my head, doubtless the result […]

As promised, each moon phase list of those whose families are in Mourning; these are the dead thru 19 April.
Spc. William E. Allmon, 25, of Ardmore, Okla., - Army - Iraq -IED
Spc. Arturo Huerta-Cruz, 23, of Clearwater, Fla. - Army - Iraq - IED
Cpl. Richard J. Nelson, 23, of Racine, Wis. - Marine - Iraq […]

Just for fun, because tomorrow is Earth Day, lets have a semi-comic diversion, shall we?
I walk my dog, Jayne, most days of the week.  And my Earth Day honoring decision this year is to have my son and husband construct a cart for the big dog-lummox to tow behind him a couple times a week […]