Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 29: Here we go again
I was sort of hoping that I might be out of the Wuflu business. But no-o-o-! Yesterday was errand day. I was out and about…
Year: 2020
Fine Art Tuesday is on Wednesday this week
Over The Top, John Nash, 1918 It’s been a weird week so far, and promises to stay that way. I won’t be able to post…
Keep the faith
Do not believe the crap coming from the mainstream media. In fact, turn them off. Find alternative media sources who report events accurately. And keep…
Seen and heard
A little blurry, but this is a “Get On Board The Trump Train” flag at the campground, Nov. 8, 2020. It wasn’t the only Trump…
Taking off for the weekend
Mrs. Freeholder and I are taking the mobile command post out for a test run. In other words, we’re going RVing for the weekend. I’m…
Maybe this is what they mean by transparency
I won’t go into the details of all the stories of incidents of “questionable activities” surrounding the counting of ballots in this election. Folks over…
A quick note
I’m sure many of you are following the election shenanigans just as I am. After all the hard work and hope it’s hard to see…
Fine Art Tuesday
Submarine Torpedo Boat H.L. Hunley, Dec. 6, 1863Conrad Wise Chapman Conrad Wise Chapman (1843-1910) was born to an artist father and grew up in Europe…
RIP Robert Fisk, the man who brought us Fisking
Robert Fisk, 1946-2020 We’re going to do something new today, which is a guest post from Jed, who brought this story to my attention. Since…
Sunday Reading
Bat-21 is the story of LTC William C. Anderson, who spent 12 days in the Vietnamese jungle evading the North Vietnamese Army after being shot…
Someone else’s dreams
Many of the things I own have been owned by someone before me. It seems to be how my life works now. At one time,…
Fine Art Tuesday
A Dash for the Timber, Federic Remington, 1889 Frederic Remington was New Yorker of French Basque descent whose art celebrates the beauty and ethos of…
Watching the news
As we approach Election Day, it seems news outlets are pulling out all the stops to frighten and, I believe, intimidate potential Republican voters. The…
Sunday Reading
Reading time is still limited, so I went for “short and pithy” this week. “The Little Red Book of Cowboy Wisdom” is a collection of…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 28: The madness continues
I had the iThing playing music yesterday and this came on. Blame Apple for this post. Indeed, the madness does continue and has gone one…
I guess summer is officially over
I’ve been feeding birds for many years. I get pleasure from watching them, infrequently though I get to do it. But I never fed…
New feature
I’m instituting a new feature over on the sidebar, “Pages”. These are stand-alone pages of things I don’t want to see submerge in what is…
Fine Art Tuesday
Madonna with child and St. Anne, Dirk van Hoogstraten, 1630 Born in 1596, Dirk van Hoogstraten was from a family of Mennonite refugees from the …
The barbarians win
In the dead of night on October 9, our Confederate memorial statue here in the Bitty Burg was taken down. Where it is being stored…
Sunday Reading
Reading time has been in short supply this week. I have not picked up a book the entire week. “Working” at Republican Part HQ, a…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 27: How did I get in this basket, and why is the breeze picking up?
Every time I write a “Life in the time of Wuflu” post, I feel like it can’t get any worse. And every time, I’m wrong.…
1911 Boy Scout Handbook
1911 saw two big things happen. John Moses Browning’s iconic semi-automatic pistol was accepted by the US military, and the Boy Scouts released the first…
Making electricity while the sun shines
I have been considering just how to convince Mrs. Freeholder that we need some solar power in our life. This is not solely for what…
Fine Art Tuesday
Landscape with Rainbow, Robert S. Duncanson, 1859 Born in 1821 in New York, Robert S. Duncanson was a descendant of freed slaves who practiced in…
Happy Columbus Day
(Link via Rantingly) I’ve never been one to celebrate Columbus Day, but since it seems to piss off all the right people, I’m going…
Sunday Reading
Not my copy. Mine is rather more worn. Time for reading has been short, so I went with a book I’ve read a number…
It’s a sickness, I’m tellin’ ya!
Zenith Transoceanic, Model B600 Yes, I should be putting the money into something useful, like ammo. If there were any. I justify it as an(other)…
Building a Home Distillation Apparatus
It may not be legal to do it now, but some time in the future you might want to have this manual on the…
Fine Art Tuesday
Sunset, Odilon Redon Odilon Redon was born in 1840 in Bordeaux, France to a prosperous family. He showed an early talent for drawing, but at…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 26: About that supply chain thing-and a warning
Mrs. Freeholder and I went grocery shopping yesterday. This is unusual. Normally, one or the other goes. However, Mrs. Freeholder has passed some non-verbal…