THE SAD REALITY: Poster child for sex changes is miserable, says ‘I don’t feel like me, ever.’

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The best DEI rant.

I prefer "This institution is committed to truth, justice, and the American way.”

NOTES FROM PROGRESSIVE AMERICA: Rachel Dolezal attends Katie Hobbs’ hair discrimination ban executive order signing.

ANDREW MALCOM: I am grieving for my favorite American city, Chicago.

THIS IS EASTER, a holiday commemorating a miracle. That is good, because we are going to need one.

Truth well written. Go read it all.

SPRING 2023, WEEK 6: I'll start the week with a welcome back of our long-lost dogwood tree. It's neighbor 'next door' probably didn't survive the winter freeze of 2021, but this one did.

This next picture is our almost-normal view of the pond; but this was taken not from our deck but just below it.

The white in the center is our pond dogwood, which just now has fully flowered. Our tulip magnolia is just to the right in the foreground. The flowers are almost gone as the leaves begin to fill out.

In this view of the barn/fire pit the grass is finally ready for limited mowing, but the trees are mostly bare and the brush in the adjacent lot has not yet begun to leave hibernation.

Here's a view of the house below the deck. The azaleas below the retaining wall/stairs are doing well, but the smaller perennials further along the walk have just begun to emerge.

Looking northwest along our road one can see that the deciduous trees are still bare. I can see a few buds just beginning, but it's going to be a few weeks yet before they start to fill out.

Til next week then....

NO MATTER HOW BADLY WE DEMOCRATS F-UP, it's Trump's fault.

SPRING 2023, WEEK 5: A bit late, since I've been gone for a while. Let's start with the usual view from the deck [note -- all these photos were taken on Saturday before I left}]:

There's still no change, even though the weather is clearly warming. From what I can see from the ground, the trees haven't really begun to bud out. It's the same at the fire pit -- no notable change.

The yard, at least is still green, but all the deciduous trees along our street are still bare.

Until Sunday then, when the dogwood trees return.

MENTAL INSTITUTION: University of Maryland now offering minor in ‘protest art.’

Why don't we get over it and start calling them what they really are -- nuthouses.

THE REAL REASON for freedom of speech.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Mobile phones have evolved from cell phones to smart phones to smart-ass phones. What's next?

SPRING 2023, WEEK 4: The tulip magnolia is back! Last week it looked dead after the freeze; now it's blooming again. It'll probably not fill out, but the new flowers suggest it will thrive again.

Now on to the usual, the view from the deck.

The tulip magnolia is there, but this picture was taken a day earlier and had only one tiny blossom. We go next to the fire pit for which it's a summer day (without leaves yet).

And now we make our first summer 2023 trip down to the pond. This picture is taken from our dock, looking roughly north.

And this one is from the other side of the pond, looking back toward the house. It's 112 steps back up the slope to the house from the dock.

All the green is pine trees; all the deciduous trees have not yet begun to bud. Here's our creek, fed from the pond. You'll probably never see it again this year as the brush is already beginning to fill in. It'll disappear into grass, weeds, and low brush soon

And finally we leave you with our lonely forsythia,still waiting for the trees o blot out the valley below us.

Until next week then, while we wait for the dogwoods to blossom. It'll be soon, maybe as early as tomorrow.

IS COFFEE RACIST? How drinking coffee perpetuates white supremacy.

I've heard that adding milk or cream to it removes the racism.

NOW THAT'S SAYING A LOT: Joe Biden lies a lot even for a Democrat.

DOWN WITH COLLEGE: The academic emperor isn’t wearing any clothes, and most people have noticed.

THEY'RE SCARED. VERY, VERY SCARED. Why is Pete's hubby Chasten Buttigieg so peeved over Florida banning porn is schools?

And rightfully so.

BATTERIES: Why wind and solar will never work.

Blindingly obvious to anyone with half a mind.

ONLY HALF? Half of U.S. population believes national media intend to mislead and misinform.

GOODER AND HARDER: The conservative case for San Francisco’s reparations plan.

TO QUOTE ILHAN OMAR "It's all about the benjamins."

And power. Don't forget power.