The late great James Baldwin on racism in America
“The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.”
— James Baldwin
God is not on President Trump’s Side; God is on my side
COVID-19 Updated Information
Here in Lycoming County, I cannot get tested because I do not have symptoms [yet?] I am 72, have a compromised immune system and a COPD. If I want to get tested, the closest location is an hour and a half away each way. I do not have a car.
In Williamsport, no busses outside the city limits. No public train services. The leading cab company in town has closed. The Williamsport Regional Airport used to be served publicly only by American Airlines, which used to do a terrible job, now no job, plus it is bankrupt.Coming soon, the death rate per capital where I live will make NYC seem like a clam bank by comparison.
Sensuous Françoise Hardy, Sixties icon, is now 76 years old
Françoise Madeleine Hardy (French: [fʁɑ̃swaz aʁdi]; born 17 January 1944) is a French singer-songwriter. She made her musical debut in the early 1960s on Disques Vogue and found immediate success with her song “Tous les garçons et les filles“. As a leading figure of the yé-yé movement, Hardy “found herself at the very forefront of the French music scene”, and became “France’s most […]
Mandarin Chinese numbers 1 to 10
“Native speakers 920 million (2017) “Mandarin is by far the largest of the seven or ten Chinese dialect groups, spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area, stretching from Yunnan in the southwest to Xinjiang in the northwest and Heilongjiang in the northeast. This is generally attributed to the greater ease of travel and communication.
FOOD: When leading means following the crowd
US Representative in Congress Val Demings, Democrat, Florida must be our next Vice President. Must be.
Demings: ‘I would be honored’ to serve as Biden’s vice president Headline in today’s Hill, the unofficial publication for those who work in Congress Rep. Demings certainly does work in Congress Wikipedia: Valdez Venita Demings (née Butler; born March 12, 1957) is an American politician and retired law enforcement officer who serves as the United States Representative from Florida’s 10th congressional district, serving since […]