The failure of U.S. newspapers to provide fair, accurate and informative coverage of breaking news was amply displayed in a recent Washington Post story, “Penn president resigns amid backlash to testimony on antisemitism.” The story is a follow up to testimony given by University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill, President Claudine Gay of Harvard andContinue reading “The epitome of duplicity”
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Scented Memories
The blooms in the back garden, neglected for most of a decade before I bought this old house, emerge as the season shifts toward autumn. Old fashioned cabbage roses, phlox, and delicate Japanese anemones struggle to poke their heads through the weeds and scent my rooms with memories of Maine. Mornings in the garden, handContinue reading “Scented Memories”
Sometimes It Snows
Amid a late week of significant snow accumulation here in the inland Pacific Northwest, a turkey call greeted me from above the house as I fetched firewood in the predawn. I think I know who is calling. She strolled my upper meadow several times yesterday, occasionally pecking for food, but mostly with the air ofContinue reading “Sometimes It Snows”
What Rule of Law?
In a Facebook post today, economist and political pundit Robert Reich said it’s time to amend the U.S. Constitution to overcome the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission that “[allowed] individual donors to pour as much as $3.6 million directly into federal campaigns every election cycle – buying unparalleled personal influenceContinue reading “What Rule of Law?”

About Ruminations
As a journalist and academic, I have spent my life writing. First I wrote about other people: their jobs, their hobbies, their suffering and loss, and the joys they wanted to broadcast for all to hear. Then I wrote long, dense, endlessly annotated articles about the law and the courts and the system of so-calledContinue reading “About Ruminations”
Worth a Shot
Yesterday I pulled a rune for the first time in a long while. Ansuz, the first of the thirteen cycle runes of self-awakening and self-change. Auspicious. Ansuz says it is timely for me to receive a message from the universe, a message that can be life changing. Perhaps the rune itself? Ten days until classesContinue reading “Worth a Shot”
Any Two Days
All our work on the Bernie campaign produced a 78% win for him among Idaho Democrats. Truly wonderful and remarkable. Then two days of glorious weather have me acting as if it’s spring: cleaning the garden, shopping for plants, but I know it’s false hope. That was a few days ago, before I spent fourContinue reading “Any Two Days”
Thank you, Universe
The temperature dropped to 9 degrees last night and it’s 58 in the house, which isn’t too bad except that my fingers get really cold writing. Once the fire gets going, it’ll heat up. The main driveway is passable again after my ex next door spent half a day plowing yesterday. Apparently he decided itContinue reading “Thank you, Universe”
Busy-ness
We had a massive wind storm last night. All around town, limbs were crashing and power was out so folks went off to bed by 8 p.m. I had power but went to bed early too. So, here it is, 4 a.m., and I’m writing a children’s book in my head rather than go backContinue reading “Busy-ness”
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