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Art Show, History Lesson and Frog

Saturday, July 21, 2007

No politics today. It’s not because Cheney is acting president. Situation Normal there. My wife and I went to Art on the Groton Bank, a fledgling Art Show held on the grounds of the Bill Library on Groton Bank. Our friend (and good Democrat) Audrey Heard, seen here with her paintings, is one of the […]

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Another Friday Night Concert

Friday, July 20, 2007

Well, I started by looking for Donovan doing “Catch the Wind” (maybe some other week) which linked me to Donovan doing “Universal Soldier” where I found this video of Buffy Sainte-Marie doing that very same song. I decided on this one because I loved the intro, illustrating once again the great way in which music […]

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Here we go again

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

I have a TV receiver attached to my computer, and just finished watching the Red Sox go down to another defeat. I think we can take it as read that the 2007 swoon has started. I would say their lead in the East should disappear by early August. There is a myth going around that […]

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Newport Kite Festival

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Yesterday, (July 14th) my wife, sister and I headed to Newport for a mini-family reunion at Brenton Point State Park. As it happens, the same winds that make Narragansett Bay an ideal yachting destination also make it an ideal destination for the humbler pastime of kiting, and, by a happy coincidence, our family picnic coincided […]

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The Devil defers to a better man

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Seen on a bumper on our way to Newport yesterday:

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Friday night music

Friday, July 13, 2007

Neil Young makes a suggestion: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4kTnP5VJ1k[/youtube] The video is more than a year old, so many of Bush’s impeachable offenses still lay before him.

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All we need is Common Sense

Friday, July 13, 2007

A few days I argued that the Democrats could appeal to the visceral emotions of voters, as Drew Westen advocates and still make reasoned arguments. The two aren’t mutually exclusive, for there’s nothing that says you can’t make an impassioned argument that is consistent with reason. I’m listening to a biography of Tom Paine these […]

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Tea: the magic elixir

Thursday, July 12, 2007

A link from the Seminal directs us to this article at the BBC News, in which we find that tea is healthier than water. Those who know me know that I drink vast quantities of tea. (By the way, did you know that Connecticut has a large number of excellent sources of quality teas, including […]

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Day lily

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Today our yellow day lilies started to bloom.

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Vermont to country: Eat our shorts!

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

I reside in Connecticut, but in my fantasies I reside in Vermont. There is no better state in the Union. I actually own property there, so though I am not a resident, I am a taxpayer, and can feel a certain amount of pride for my home state by purchase, so to speak. So I […]

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