Back in 2006 I wrote about our beloved Honda. It had reached 250,000 miles. We were pretty proud of that. An update. Late last summer as it was parked in front of my house a drunk driver crossed the street and totaled it. Thank goodness no one was hurt, but our car was no more. […]

After close to an 18 month break, I return to blogging. A lot has happened in the last 18 months and that will be reflected in the coming posts. This week I am experiencing the loss of something sacred. A while back I began taking pottery classes at a local Franciscan Retreat Center and Arts […]

The Daily Kos has a great post about extended warranties. Simply put, don’t buy them. I’ve known for a long time they were not worth it and have avoided them, but Kos’ post details just how much profit the big box places make on these things and shows them for the scam they are. The […]

Well, I’m pretty much of a scrooge about Christmas. I don’t like the whole consumerism thing. I don’t like families pretending they’re perfect. I don’t like . . . well, I could go on and on. But I do love taking back tradition and ritual. This article by Mahanoy over at StreetProphets does that for […]

Elections in the US are next Tuesday, but two days before that Nicaragua is holding it’s own national election. Check out this Common Dreams article by Ben Beachy of Witness for Peace on how the US is involved. I traveled to Nicaragua in November of 2004 with WFP and roomed with Ben while visiting coffee […]

In September Congress passed the Military Commissions Act allowing this and any future President & Sec. of Defense to declare someone, anyone, an enemy combatant and basically strip them of rights we hold dear. In the words of a New York Times news analysis: “In effect it allows the president to identify enemies, imprison them […]