On the Winter Holidays of 2024
Dec. 22nd, 2024 10:34 amI've noted this before: in 2002, on Christmas Day, my father died of metastasized renal cell cancer. Some forty years earlier, a cousin of mine was born on Christmas Day.
The day has been a mixed blessing for my extended family across the decades, and I wait and wonder what twists the occasion will bring this time.
And so...here is us again. Those of us still here, anyway.
It's been a wild year, running the full range of emotion from joy to despair.
I wish you the best possible greetings of the Season, by whatever Name(s) you choose to honour it. I wish you peace, hope, wisdom, freedom, justice, and love. If you do not find them, may they find you and may it bring joy to you when they do.

The day has been a mixed blessing for my extended family across the decades, and I wait and wonder what twists the occasion will bring this time.
And so...here is us again. Those of us still here, anyway.
It's been a wild year, running the full range of emotion from joy to despair.
I wish you the best possible greetings of the Season, by whatever Name(s) you choose to honour it. I wish you peace, hope, wisdom, freedom, justice, and love. If you do not find them, may they find you and may it bring joy to you when they do.

Celebrations and Observations
Jun. 19th, 2023 09:22 amHappier birthdays to
lunabee34!
To those of you observing Juneteenth today, whether as celebration, commemoration, or some other way, I hope today is good for you!
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To those of you observing Juneteenth today, whether as celebration, commemoration, or some other way, I hope today is good for you!
Assorted Items of Interest - 30 Dec 2021
Dec. 30th, 2021 09:29 am1. The danger of recruiting outside your political party's "flock" as described by Rebecca Solnit.
2. New additions to and promotions within the Order of Canada.
3. Connected to the Epstein/Maxwell cases: BBC News calls itself out over an interview with Alan Dershowitz.
4. Queensway-Carleton Hospital cuts back on services due to COVID-19-induced staffing shortages.
5. DIY radio astronomy is setting up a new home in Ottawa-Gatineau.
6. From Reuters Graphics: Anatomy of a Death Threat - Trump supporters have waged a campaign of intimidation against the state and local officials who administer U.S. elections. This visual analysis explores hundreds of menacing messages - and explains why they’re difficult to counter. CW: records/transcripts of death threats as well as militant racism, misogyny, and antisemitism.
2. New additions to and promotions within the Order of Canada.
3. Connected to the Epstein/Maxwell cases: BBC News calls itself out over an interview with Alan Dershowitz.
4. Queensway-Carleton Hospital cuts back on services due to COVID-19-induced staffing shortages.
5. DIY radio astronomy is setting up a new home in Ottawa-Gatineau.
6. From Reuters Graphics: Anatomy of a Death Threat - Trump supporters have waged a campaign of intimidation against the state and local officials who administer U.S. elections. This visual analysis explores hundreds of menacing messages - and explains why they’re difficult to counter. CW: records/transcripts of death threats as well as militant racism, misogyny, and antisemitism.
Happy SerlingMass to You All!
Dec. 25th, 2020 01:46 pmBecause it's his birthday too today. And his achievements are at least as reliably documented, and his work has also been continued to this day.