The definition of the agreement explains it. It binds the countries together; it provides the structure for organization, negotiation, consensus, agreement, collective security. These are all things Trump hates; Trump is of: a go-it-alone mentality, selfish to the maximum, erratic, fragile ego, hubris in the extreme, in every way. Article Five, NATO, Shared Security The …
Month: January 2026
Guest Post: A Community, Belize
I have a friend who recently took a holiday in Belize with his family. While there he visited a Mennonite community that was established there in 1958. These are some of Kevin Neilsen’s thoughts on the experience. He’s a fine storyteller; quite an accomplished photographer as well. His link: https://www.instagram.com/jkneilson?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== His piece: “Just outside Armenia, …
My Friends Anxy & Angst
At long last I feel like I'm getting closer to these two, Anxy & Angst. It's taken decades. I used to ignore them; or try to, anyway. I didn't want them to exist so I tried to pretend they didn't exist. After a long, long while I realized this was a futile endeavor. And so …
Yotim’s Loaded Potatoes
Courtesy of the New York Times Food Section, this simple gem might even be good for you (!). Vitamin-packed vegetables & spiced yogurt for dipping, YUMMY. Thank you, Yotim Ottolenghi.
For Good
Lifted for repost, thank you for helping us grieve, Amanda G. (National Youth Poet Laureate 2017, American poet, activist).
Life Goal: Not Fragile
I want to be durable and resilient, not fragile. I want my kids to be the same. Those qualities and the efforts to develop them take time and struggle and sometimes discomfort. One evening recently I sort of forced a situation on one of my kids with this “development” in mind; she was NOT happy …
Article Five – Part One, What Is It
Article Five of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been central to security and stability for nearly 80 years. Let that sink in. EIGHTY YEARS. More and more chatter in the news of late about this agreement. Important to understand the basics at least, since it indeed fundamental to security and stability as it has …
Puzzle Play: Humbled, Learned
I’ve not been a fanatic puzzler in my life. I like puzzles fine, and find them a novelty for sure, but I’ve not been much consumed. Until now. Sort of. Wordle isn’t a new puzzle game, but newer to me. And when a friend invited to a “Wordle Thread”, where you share your results with …
MLK
This day, his day, day to remember him, Martin Luther King, Junior. More importantly, a day to remember all he stood, and died for. A dear old friend offered these thoughts, I certainly could not do better, So I give you this bit from Scott C. Murphy, educator, thinker, doer of meaningful things. Scott writes, …
Work Life
In recent years as I’ve added more time on the ledger of work life, I crossed over 35 years last year, my thoughts have increasingly returned to the idea of how much time we spend in our life “working“ and how much of our life, do we spend “just living“… I’m not a business owner, …
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