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Travel Day
On the turning away From the pale and downtrodden And the words they say Which we won't understand Don't accept that what's happening Is...

Mike Dickey
Jul 4, 20252 min read


The End of the Second Republic
Waiting to cut out the deadwood. Waiting to clean up the city. Waiting to follow the worms. Waiting to put on a black shirt. Waiting to...

Mike Dickey
Jul 3, 20253 min read


The First Day of a New Season
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." - Seneca First day working in my new office up at what Dio and Peg are...

Mike Dickey
Jul 2, 20253 min read


View From The Shore
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." - H. P....

Mike Dickey
Jul 1, 20253 min read


Other Things to Do
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” ― Winston S. Churchill Happy Monday....

Mike Dickey
Jun 30, 20252 min read


Richard Dean
"It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness." - Marcus Tullius Cicero Sitting on the...

Mike Dickey
Jun 27, 20257 min read


Tara Mess Ew
"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence." - Buddha Back at Tara, and the place is a chaotic, filthy mess....

Mike Dickey
Jun 26, 20252 min read


Whether to Stay Put
Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren’t lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as...

Mike Dickey
Jun 25, 20253 min read


Reaching for the Handles
"War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other." - Paul...

Mike Dickey
Jun 24, 20252 min read


On the Road Again
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson...

Mike Dickey
Jun 19, 20252 min read


Goodbye Old Girl
"Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." - Hermann Hesse The movers came yesterday. The took pretty...

Mike Dickey
Jun 18, 20252 min read


On the Recent Conflict
"The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it." - Winston Churchill I've followed with some interest the air...

Mike Dickey
Jun 17, 20253 min read


A Hopeful Saturday
"Hope will never be silent." - Harvey Milk Overcast and 64 with a little mist. Welcome to the second half of June in upstate NY. One...

Mike Dickey
Jun 16, 20253 min read


Responding to the End of the World
That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes And Lenny Bruce is not afraid Eye of a hurricane, listen to...

Mike Dickey
Jun 13, 20254 min read


A Dirty Little Secret
"Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect...

Mike Dickey
Jun 12, 20254 min read


Asherah
"But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and chop down their Asherim and...

Mike Dickey
Jun 11, 20253 min read


It's On
"When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." - Victor Hugo It's Tuesday. Is this the first week of the civil war? The...

Mike Dickey
Jun 10, 20253 min read


While Rome Burns
"We just don't recognize life's most significant moments while they're happening ." -Moonlight Graham, Field of Dreams About to start a...

Mike Dickey
Jun 9, 20252 min read


Gardening Gone Awry
“Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions - not outside.” -Marcus Aurelius Ah,...

Mike Dickey
Jun 6, 20253 min read


Ministry of Truth
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...

Mike Dickey
Jun 5, 20253 min read
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