Waiting for a take-away order at Le Petit Triangle Cafe in Cleveland, Ohio’s neighborhood of Ohio City, and while the little table lamp is not currently lit, I will be shortly.
Fellow Antioch College alum, John Hammond, has left us, after keeping the blues alive for decades.
www.noise11.com/news/john-ha...
Empathy!
Perhaps they were magic pretzels!
This was an area covered in the media training we offered to federal employees, about 20 years ago. The main point then was to demonstrate how attire could detract from important messages to the public. Though perhaps these three have nothing important to say.
And all that sewage pouring in every day now! Heartbreaking.
Potomac pipe collapse: What we know
www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
Solidarity makes us strong!
Sometimes there’s good news from my old Ohio home.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Same here; used to actually look forward to most weather events, though now that I’ll carry my passport to just shovel my front step — the thrill is gone.
Still pining for Plato’s! They were open late into the night, a welcoming beacon on my way home from evening music and theatre in DC and Virginia.
So true! For years, I attended the Prairie Home Companion live broadcasts from Wolf Trap in Virginia where an air of Minnesotan spirit reached the audience. Even traffic getting out of the crowded Wolf Trap parking lots was kind and resilient. It was contagious!
Looks as though they are in South Carolina currently. Maybe.
His work is always so powerful, and sadly lately, disturbingly accurate.
Powerful.
I parked my car here!
Happy winter solstice! The light returns — so very much needed in these times.
The nearly full moon with its radiance and reflection in the sky tonight over Washington DC-land suburbs, is powerful. Dubbed the Cold Moon, Supermoon, or the Cold Supermoon, it is an intense presence by any name.
‘Midst all of this, an #AntiochCollege friend sent me this 1980-or-so photo of her beloved dog Orkney, along with me and my beloved dog Pocas. Liz worked at the Chicago paper, In These Times; me, at the Brookfield Zoo; Orkney and Pocas worked keeping our hearts happy.
Mike Lukovich is an outstanding illustrator, whose work reflects our sad and sorry state.
Andy Borowitz!
Thrilled for my next-door neighbor, Virginia, and for the country!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The people prevail!
Who are those people who voted for Cuomo. It has been years since I lived in New York City, but I thought we were better than that — then and now.
With my head in the sand in recent weeks, I missed the passage of one of our jazz greats. The magic of Jack De Johnette lives on…
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Have no words.
It was an amazing moon! Thrilled to see these awesome photos; thanks!
Exactly my current situation!
Such a beacon of what is good in the world! So very sorry Jane Goodall has left us. apnews.com/article/jane...
