Nancy Gowler

That's rough. I had issues with gluten for a few years, so I do not take good bread for granted anymore.

Two small round loaves of bread on a cutting board. One has had an end sliced off to reveal the crumb.

Saturday #baking. Two small loaves of Mark Bittman's Rich Golden Bread recipe.

If the war goes on
will we close the doors to heaven,
if the war goes on,
will we breach the gates of hell;
if the war goes on,
will we ever be forgiven,
if the war goes on....

Words & music John L. Bell & Graham Maule, Iona Community, Wild Good Publications

If the war goes on
and the rich increase their fortunes
and the arms sales soar
as new weapons are displayed,
when a fertile field
turns to-no-man's-land tomorrow,
who'll approve such trade?

If the war goes on
and the daily bread is terror,
and the voiceless poor
take the road as refugees;
when a nation's pride
destines millions to be homeless,
who will heed their pleas?

If the war goes on
and the truth is taken hostage;
and new terrors lead
to the need to euphemise,
when the calls for peace
are declared unpatriotic,
who'll expose the lies?

YouTube video by stainedglasshymns If The War Goes On

If the war goes on
and the children die of hunger,
and the old men weep
for the young men are no more,
and the women learn
how to dance without a partner
who will keep the score?
youtu.be/46XPtGXl4QM?...

The long arc of Donald Trump’s obsession with Iran Iranians are demanding economic justice, says historian Behrooz Ghamari—but Trump is just demanding their oil.

“They are not going to stop until they have free access to Iran’s resources and oil.”

Trump's "war of choice."

’Tis the time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind.

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

Fun fact: the dining room at Mar-a-Lago, built in the mid-1920s, was dubbed "the Mussolini room" by its designer because it was intentionally modeled after Rome's Chigi Palace that was occupied at the time by Il Duce.

No Powell to trot out this time

> @covie93.bsky.social

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are monitoring the U.S. operation in Iran from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Trump is currently located, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Jesus Christ they're running the war from Mar-a-Lago

www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

Fire every single officer and judge involved in this process and strip them of qualified immunity. Defund and abolish ICE and Border Patrol.

A bar scene with a jazz quartet playing.

Every Thursday night at the brewery two blocks from my house... There is live jazz. And great beer.

Holding you and your family in prayer, Mindi.

Trump’s Justice Department sues Kentucky, four other states for voter data • Kentucky Lantern U.S. Department of Justice sues five additional states, including Kentucky, for not providing voter registration data, including sensitive information.

Trump’s Justice Department sues Kentucky, four other states for voter data kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/26/t...

Student-run bookstore adds new chapter to the Corner Nonprofit Ginkgo Bookshop on Elliewood Avenue gives new life to a decades-old business, Heartwood Books, that had planned to close.

“'It’s essential for us to have both popular books and rare books, because we cater to both customers, because we live in an academic town and the Rare Book School is here. There are professional book collectors and sellers and librarians here,' Fleisher said."

news.virginia.edu/content/stud...

"...Trump has mused about attracting Norwegian immigrants. But the number of Norwegians living in the U.S. has fallen over the past 10 years, and in 2024, it crossed a symbolic milestone: There are now more natural-born Americans living in Norway than Norwegian-born residents in the U.S."

Screenshot of WSJ Crate Free Account popup box

FYI, if you click on the arrow, it will close the pop up box and you can read the article without registering.

Thank you, Seattle 🫶

Don't miss out on the ultimate welcome home party this Friday! 🎟️ bit.ly/407BC4d

Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University amid a campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced.

What a pompous blowhard. Why can't he resign in disgrace & slink away?
Summers: “Free of formal responsibility, as President Emeritus and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues."

apnews.com/article/larr...

This is horrific.

The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

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Doug Wilson Preaches at Pentagon, Compares Services to Day of Pentecost Controversial Christian Nationalist preacher Doug Wilson stood at a podium inside the Pentagon on Tuesday as the guest preacher for the latest monthly Christian worship service held there for leaders ...

There's rightly been lots of outrage about Doug Wilson preaching at Pentagon. But he's not an outlier & wasn't surprising. He's part of pattern at Pentagon services. I broke story on Wilson since I was watching service before knowing who would preach:
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/doug-wilso... 1/

Under Administrative Pressure, Faculty Committee Ends Women’s Research Symposium | News | The Harvard Crimson Harvard administrators pushed a faculty committee to cancel a long-running, biannual symposium featuring tenure-track women’s research, citing legal concerns about hosting a single-gender event, accor...

sometimes it's difficult to explain how "neutral" insistence on "equality" across the board can actually reinforce structural inequities but sometimes... it's not difficult at all

www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Concentration camps. Murders in U.S streets, the Caribbean, and in these concentration camps. If you gave me a few minutes, I MIGHT be able to think of ONE thing the Trump-Epstein administration is doing that is not evil, wrong, or corrupt, but I doubt it. Abolish ICE and the CBP ASAP.