Compatible Creatures: War, Politics, and Life

This particular day, 18 years ago, was a Tuesday. What a stretch of time, huh? In April 2007, war was the major topic, and shit looked bad — yet in a nowadays perspective, them was the good-ole-days. Sarah Palin was still more than a year off, and Barack Obama was already on the scene: ‘“America […]

A gray, cool late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. First post this month that isn’t a beloved-dog obit — Bad (and nefarious) shit is accumulating so fast nowadays it’s getting harder and harder for me to slow down enough to type instead of doomscrolling for the daily/hourly/minute-by-minute activities of an advancing black hole of […]

In continuation of Leroy’s obit from last night, and since perspectives of his passing shift day by day, there will probably/most likely be many more ‘Parts’ to come. Sadness unfolds sometimes bit-by-bit as time creates a sense that it’s all just a dream — yet not. Here is a more up-to-date “Walking Leroy In The Valley” […]

As if these shitty nowadays-times could get even more sad — Leroy, my daughter Hannah’s basset hound/greyhound mix, has passed. Although we’d known awhile the end was near — lingering bad-health issues combined with being well-advanced in age, I guess, caused the scenario to worsen — but knowing before hand don’t soften the blow. In […]

Bright, clear sunshine and well-warm temperatures this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — reportedly topped 85 not too long ago. Seasonal glimpse way too far ahead. A peep, too, on some really terrible people: A building correlation between Erdogan’s Turkey and T-Rump’s America: ‘“It’s kind of a nightmare that I wake up every […]