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MAMA SAID

MAMA SAID

May 8, 2022

Mama said, you can’t hurry love, No, you just have to wait. Love don’t come easy It’s a game of...

PAGAN DELIGHT

PAGAN DELIGHT

May 1, 2022

Enough of Putin and COVID and Disney(gay)world. THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US.

OUT TO KILL

OUT TO KILL

Apr 24, 2022

A reader contacted me after last Sunday’s post: WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? Were you violently attacked?

OUT OF CHEEKS TO TURN

OUT OF CHEEKS TO TURN

Apr 17, 2022

How do you celebrate Easter in a war zone? What Easter hymns do you sing in a bomb shelter? What prayers do you offer over a mass grave?

PALM SUNDAY BLUES 

PALM SUNDAY BLUES 

Apr 10, 2022

Today Christians will march on the Pentagon, flashing water pistols, waving sunflowers, hoisting images of Thich Nhat Hanh.

THUS SPOKE THE MUSHROOMS

THUS SPOKE THE MUSHROOMS

Apr 3, 2022

I’ve put mushrooms on my salads. Now they’re on my mind.

PSYCHEDELIC EUCHARIST

PSYCHEDELIC EUCHARIST

Mar 27, 2022

If you need a bit of a digression from all the sobering news these days, here you go.

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

Mar 20, 2022

I knew little about Ukraine before Putin invaded it. Now I know a lot.

PUTIN’S GRANDMOTHER

PUTIN’S GRANDMOTHER

Mar 13, 2022

One reader said I asked a stupid question last Sunday: Is Putin a Christian? Another reader said I wasn’t qualified to answer it.

IS PUTIN A CHRISTIAN?

IS PUTIN A CHRISTIAN?

Mar 6, 2022

Besides being an abominably heartless, ruthless, brutish, sadistic, narcissistic, and megalomaniacal small man of no stature, is Vladimir Putin also a Christian?

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SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER

SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER

July 26, 2026

I reached a personal milestone yesterday. Alas, there were no fireworks and no parades.

O JOGO BONITO

O JOGO BONITO

July 19, 2026

Soccer is a beautiful game, my sons told me years ago. I couldn’t see what they saw, but I’m beginning to.

BEYOND REASON

BEYOND REASON

July 12, 2026

I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.

BORN ON THE 5TH OF JULY

BORN ON THE 5TH OF JULY

July 5, 2026

Today is my birthday. I was born in 1947. Let's hear if for the boomers!

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