View of Death

-



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Quotable Quotes

-
  I care less about what happened in the past, other than to learn from it. That is its only value. Humans don't make hurricanes, and tornadoes, those are naturally occurring. We do have something to do with the severity, length, and frequency of them both. We can't exist in the environment without having an impact on it, both negatively, and positively. That is a fact and it is not in dispute, what is in dispute is to what degree our existence impacts the environment. People quit watching the legacy news because they don't like the message, which devoid of entertainment, they in turn watch Fox News, because it is entertainment and not news. Entertainment since it began in the public domain and has pandered to the lowest common denominator of the human character. Entertainment has no substance, just emotion. It makes us feel different, but does not enlighten us. I forgive, but I am not looking for forgiveness, or absolution, not from anyone in this world anyway. In this ...
Read more

A Changing Yuma

-
This week begins the changing landscape at 16th St and 4th Ave here in Yuma Arizona. The building formerly a doctor's office and another building formerly an auto parts store and a deli are now gone, razed and hauled to the recycling mill of our memory. The round  building that once housed a bank and gold pawn shop are next  along with the an old grocery store and movie theater next on the block sometime later in the year. With the Mortuary being the last vestige of Yuma the way it was. The retail shopping mall Southgate, has already suffered the same fate as the others. All of these buildings hold memories for those of us old enough to remember and those of us young enough to wonder. Christmas time was the best time of year at the mall. The Christmas tree salesman in the parking lot by Sears. The decorated light posts. The Christmas music while you shopped in the mall. The package wrapping tables for the gift wrapping challe...
Read more

Cancel Culture

-
The problem with cancel culture is that it looks at right and wrong through today's mirror of fake tolerance, and dubious moral indignation, instead of through the looking glass of greatness and, dignity.
Read more