• Spring In The Midst of Wildfires

    Feels like wildfire season all over the world — I mean, this morning, even Pope Francis died, for God’s sake. A history buff might tell you it’s always wildfire season in human land. But it’s definitely been extra WILD, right? And yet, and yet, the sun deigned to come out this past week, even in…


  • Believe . . .

    Religion is opium for the People. That’s the thing they taught me when I was a little kid. I remember my grandmother giving me a “funny Bible,” one that basically makes fun of every event described in the Big Book, from Adam and Eve on. When I was a teenager, with perestroika and freedom of…