I get up from my chair and open the curtains up.  I’ll have a higher heat bill, but for now I want to look out, and up.  I look at the sun I’ve not seen in two days as the fierce wind hollowed the remaining light out of the sky, the light now holding a quality beyond heat and illumination.   In the distance the sound of a church bell, a deliberate note blowing free, like snow from a winter branch. Somewhere within, a priest lifts the Host in a series of shimmering gleams like warm rain that falls from the sky as vows are spoken, and what is broken is healed. — Brigid

Girlie Bear, as we are crossing the river back into Kentucky:  Dad, would I grow a third arm if I went swimming in the Ohio?

Me:  Yeah, but it would grow out of the back of your neck.

Girlie Bear, pondering:  You know, that would come in handy when I do my hair in the morning.

This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. — President John F. Kennedy, June 11, 1963

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.  — Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.

Wishing for life to be fair is like coming face to face with a lion and thinking you are safe because after all you don’t eat lion. — Matthew, of Straight Forward in a Crooked World

Tam has herself a troll, and put up this little quip on FaceSpace.

Hey, just because somebody’s storefront went broke in the Marketplace of Ideas doesn’t mean I’m obligated to let them set up a kiosk in my parking lot.

Here’s the deal – soapboxes are free, or at least pretty cheap.  If you want to make your voice heard, do it on a soapbox of your very own.  Don’t make life miserable for everyone else.

Of course, I’ve never had a troll of my very own.  When I do, I may name him or her ‘George‘.

There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. ~ Will Rogers

Thanks again, suckers. Now get off my lawn. – Kurt Schlichter, “Maybe Pain Will Teach You Millenials Not To Vote For Your Own Serfdom”