brian watkins

Word of the day is ‘catchfart’, from the 17th century, used of a servant who followed their master or mistress a little too closely.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.

I live in a county named for Jefferson. Every time I see his silhouette on the official seal I'm reminded that more than 100 human beings were sold after his death to settle his estate's debt.

To paraphrase Ann Lamott: If people wanted you to speak warmly about them on historical orientation tours, they should have behaved better.

Republicans have Lee Greenwood. The rest of us have James Baldwin: "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."

Republicans have Lee Greenwood. The rest of us have James Baldwin: "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."

Why not make room for the future of the party? Also, on the cusp of our first woman president, does anyone care what Bill Clinton thinks?

"On the cusp of our first woman president, let's hear from Bill Clinton." Naw, let's not.

An article about Ellen Gilchrist by James McWilliams in Oxford American's Southern Lit issue, and a couple of chapters of Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent...

And we are HERE FOR IT to HEAL 💖

"It's the democracy, stupid."

Have you seen Reservation Dogs? Ricky Gervais' After Life?

When you see that Dame Judi is trending and sigh in relief because...

First post. Thanks to @revcharjohnson.bsky.social for the invite code. Now begins the work of finding my people.