Screaming Soundlessly
November 6, 2024(Illustration out front: Edvard Munch‘s ‘The Scream,’ lithograph version, found here.) This early-evening Wednesday is still too premature to adequately address the absolute horror shock from this morning. I turned out the lights last night before going to bed, even after re-checking CNN for further election update results (as a stress-reducer of sorts, I’d been watching “Castle” […]
Election Day Time-Reality Break: ‘The Ballots Of Eternity’
November 5, 2024(Image: ‘Election Day Brawl,’ by Woody Guthrie, and found here.) Overcast and cool this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. In this new back to the old standard time of darkness coming too quickly in the PM is depressing enough. Finally, that day has come — Election Day 2024! And so far, with all […]
Day-Before-The-Day: Ballot-Box Disquietude
November 4, 2024Bright sunshine tempered with chilled temperatures this late-afternoon Monday here in California’s Central Valley. If this is Monday, tomorrow is tomorrow no matter how you look at it. Of course, it will be Tuesday, and, of course, it will be election day in the US of A — an election like none other I’ve witnessed […]
Teri Garr — RIP
October 29, 2024Sad news well-circulated by now — Teri Garr died today at her home in LA. She was 79. She was a sweet-acting, funny actress who nailed a near-60-year career. As I posted about Stevie Nicks’s musical-life stand on abortion a couple of days ago, and how I had a ‘crush‘ on her in the 1970s, […]
‘I Voted’
October 28, 2024Clear and chilly this close-to-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley — another fine autumn day as we hurdle toward tomorrow a week away. I voted today! Well, posted my ballot envelope per in-mail/early voting, and although I’ve always kind of preferred the same-day/election-day, in-person experience, this particular election is too way-important to dribble about […]