I won’t jump the gun and say ‘we made it’ because Lord knows 2020 would pull some 13/01/20 level nonsense, but we’re pretty darn close to closing out a year that’s been pretty awful for just about everyone. In light of that, here’s some terrible news: The Runoff Election Georgia’s Runoff Drama Likely to Drag
This week’s Courier Herald column: The calendar tells us we’re upon a new year. The routine says we’re still stuck in the present. It’s up to each of us, individually, to reconcile the two. The Great Time Out started in March with “two weeks to flatten the curve”. The calendar tells us that two weeks
Bicarbonate of soda is baking soda, in case you were wondering, and yes, it absolutely has it’s own “holiday.” It’s not exactly one of those well-celebrated items in the household, but it is a staple! I will spare you the year-in-review posts in today’s links, but on this, my last Morning Reads of 2020, I
Good morning! We’re in the home stretch. You’re probably about out of leftovers, so you may want to run to the store. I know you’re not planning a big party, RIGHT? Details on the formal ethics charges that the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission filed against former House Majority Whip and current Court of Appeals Judge
You know that space between Christmas and New Years where you don’t know what day it is, who you are, or what you are supposed to be doing? Yeah, I’m there. Hope your Christmas was as low-key and magical as ours. If low key holidays are one of the things we are left with when
The Year of the Dreaded Pestilence is finally drawing to a close. On behalf of the Morning Reads Crew and the rest of the contributors on this Island of Misfit Toys, we wish you the Merriest of Christmases and the Happiest of New Years. Squeeze the ones you love, remember the ones who have gone
Good afternoon… or is it? Nah, of course it is. We’re upright and breathing, and sometimes that’s what counts. Today is Festivus, though, so… “I got a lot of problems with you people, and now you’re going to hear about it!” The airing of grievances shall commence. Here are a few of mine: People who
This week’s Courier Herald column: This has been the longest year ever. It doesn’t just seem that way. It was a leap year, so 2020 gave us an extra day back in February to make it official by tying the record of 366 days. It seems longer. A pandemic, social unrest, economic turmoil, and a
The COVID-19 second stimulus got most of the headlines through its passage yesterday, but another bill to re-designate the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site to Jimmy Carter National Historic Park has wound its way through the legislative process and will be sent to President Donald Trump for his signature. Both of Georgia’s US Senators David
Good morning! There were clear skies throughout Georgia last night. Did you see the Great Conjunction? Meanwhile… Last last night, Congress approved a $900 billion COVID relief bill. Congress also approved upgrading the Jimmy Carter Historic Sites in and around Plains, Georgia, to National Park status. I’m not entirely sure what a Substack is –
