© 2025 JJ ShaunProtest signs for May Day May Day, Thursday, May 1, 2025, saw another day of protest. Once more, First Reader and I helped line the street. This time, the entire world joined the fray. What first began as a worker’s uprising in the 1880s has grown to worldwide recognition of workers and … Continue reading May Day!
Random Quote for May 03, 2025
“If there’s a world here in a hundred years, it’s going to be saved by tens of millions of little things. The powers-that-be can break up any big thing they want. They can corrupt it or co-opt it from the inside, or they can attack it from the outside. But what are they going to … Continue reading Random Quote for May 03, 2025
Random Quote for May 02, 2025
“Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.”~Bernard Meltzer American radio host Bernard Meltzer was born on this day in 1916.
Random Quote for May 01, 2025
“The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.”~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, and teacher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born on this day in 1881.
Random Quote for April 30, 2025
“Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil’s propagation.”~Hosea Ballou American Universalist clergyman and theological writer Hosea Ballou was born on this day in 1771.
Random Quote for April 29, 2025
“America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way.”~Carrie P. Meek American educator, legislator, and stateswoman Carrie P. Meek was born on this day in 1926.
Random Quote for April 28, 2025
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”~Terry PratchettTerry Pratchett (2008). “Going Postal: (Discworld Novel 33)”, p.64, Random House English author, humorist, and satirist Terry Pratchett was born on this day in 1948
Ashes and Echoes
The dagger was all too real. Talya’s fingers hovered a breath above the obsidian blade resting on the velvet-lined pedestal; its edge shimmered beneath the flickering lamplight like oil on water. Magic hummed through the room like the buzz of insects—low, invisible, suffocating. She never nicked nothing like this before. Now, she wasn’t sure she … Continue reading Ashes and Echoes
Random Quote for April 26, 2025
“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”~Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on this day in 1889.
Random Quote for April 25, 2025
“There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share.”~Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon British statesman Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, was born on this day in 1862.
