Month: May 2021
Neither snow nor rain …
Neither snow nor rain nor cold nor gloom of night stays these tourists from the impatient completion of their appointed rounds. And so the Rocky Mountain blues continue. This holiday weekend has been mostly rain, clouds, and temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Snow and clouds obscured the camera at the Alpine Visitor Center on … Continue reading Neither snow nor rain …
Rocky Mountain blues
Reservations? To enter Rocky Mountain National Park? Yep. It started last year because of Covid and all the people looking for outdoor activities. But the powers that be have put it into effect again this year, from this weekend to October 11. Supposedly it’s a “pilot temporary” system, but many of us in the vicinity … Continue reading Rocky Mountain blues
An inaccurate quote is not a quote at all
This morning I was surfing the internet, looking for images I might use for a Memorial Day post. At the same time, I was watching for appropriate quotations. And I came across this: “Never was so much owed by so many few.” – Winston Churchill Yes, exactly that. What a ghastly corruption of a famous … Continue reading An inaccurate quote is not a quote at all
President Ulysses S. Grant was prescient
No doubt there are numerous great quotations from throughout history that I’ve not seen before, but I continue to be surprised by the prescience of Americans almost 150 years ago. This time it’s Ulysses S. Grant, famed Union general during the Civil War and first president elected to succeed Abraham Lincoln. Yes, Andrew Johnson, Lincoln’s … Continue reading President Ulysses S. Grant was prescient
Greenwood: I didn’t know what I didn’t know
Many of you probably watched “60 Minutes” this evening and saw the segment about the Greenwood riot and massacre in Tulsa in 1921. And you probably heard about it last year during all the Black Lives Matter demonstrations. The Tulsa community once known as Black Wall Street was attacked by white Tulsans, looted and burned. … Continue reading Greenwood: I didn’t know what I didn’t know