Eclectic Amateur

Denounce the government and embrace
the flag. Hope to live in that free
republic for which it stands.

— Wendell Berry, Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

With gratitude for those who have sacrificed that I might have the opportunity to be free… I will be spending this day in work and thought.

For thought, I’ll begin by reading the text of the Declaration of Independence. It’s been too long.

And then, some working for freedom.

God bless.

are underappreciated.

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

The G20 leaders display the gravitas necessary to reassure a nervous public that all will be well.

Two of the advanced students in our co-op‘s Stage Combat class, showing off at the end-of-year performance.

When I see headlines like these:

Up Next for Bankers: A Flogging

Bank CEOs flogged in Washington

Instead of pictures like this:

or this:

I really, really want to see pictures like this:

Sent by a triumphalist Catholic friend…

My comeback:

I know this look: