Cooking the NYTimes and Other Assorted Retirement Activities

  I chose this clip art because it seems to me the type that the MAGA crowd would favor, thus a reminder that the American flag and eagle stand for EVERYONE, ya boo boo heads. Frequent, heck even infrequent readers of my social media posts, including this blog, know that it doesn't take much for me to work up a lather about the current state of affairs primarily in the good old USA (though the remainder of the world surely doesn't get a free pass). Precipitating event earlier today was my completion of the Election Judge training, necessary for all election judges in the great State of Minnesota.  (NB: T raining is not mandated by one nationwide rule, but training requirements are very common, and most jurisdictions require at least some election workers to receive training before serving . Federal legislators and DJT, take note of what is to come because you may wish to amend your precious SAVE Act.) Now, I knew this already as I would not be surprised to discover that not on...

  + heart. Leader: "God is Good." People: "All the Time." Leader: "All the Time." People: "Good is Good." Usually when I/we travel, I blog every night as a way to commit to memory what happened that day. On this most recent trip, the Faith and Democracy Pilgrimage to Philadelphia and New York City, our days were so jam packed that by the time we finished our daily itinerary, all I could think of was crawling into bed since the next morning's early call would be coming all too soon.  In fact, on this trip, I believe I saw more combination sunrise/sunsets than I have in years due to the 7 a.m. departures and 8 p.m. returns.   Thus, no daily blogs.  Now, a test of my recollection of where we went, what we saw and did and impact of same over the past week. So, a Pilgrimage.  By definition, a pilgrimage is a journey to a place associated with someone or something well respected.  It also can be seen as a journey to a holy place leading to a person...