The Mirrored Pen blogspot
- Monday, 16 June 2014 09:32
We love this BlogSpot. It examines reading and writing, and just good ole storytelling. You might want to check it out!
http://themirroredpen.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-12-2013.html
Wyoming drudgery day
- Saturday, 14 June 2014 08:35
Today is one of those lazy Saturdays where we will spend most of the day clipping dead branches left by last winter’s massive snow storms. First thing, tackle the junipers that were split down the middle, then the cottonwoods and aspens. Finally, get to that dead lilac in front of the house that looks really ugly…
- Wednesday, 11 June 2014 12:09
We’ve been having fun today learning how to transfer photos to Dropbox. Just switched to Apple computers and love them!
Fun Channel 13 Interview!
- Monday, 09 June 2014 11:23
We recently sat down with Amanda del Castillo at Channel 13 in Casper, Wyoming, to talk about the upcoming PEOPLE OF THE EARTH DAYS in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Amanda did a great job! Thanks so much.
http://www.kcwy13.com/todayinwyoming/headlines/Thermopolis-Introduces-People-of-the-Earth-Days-262370811.html
No Place to Hide is an interesting book
- Monday, 09 June 2014 07:16
Edward Snowden is an enigmatic figure, especially given the torrent of conflicting media coverage we’ve all experienced in the past year, but Greenwald’s new book–No Place to Hide–does little to clear up the ‘enigma’ part. Presumably, Snowden did not want his early life explored in this book, but that makes readers wonder why. What doesn’t he want us to know? If you’re on the Traitor side of the debate, you’re saying, “Well, he was probably an untrustworthy little twit growing up.” If you’re on the Hero side of the debate, you’re asking, “What happened to him as a child that would make him risk his very life to reveal Top Secret information to the world?” And believe me, after you read this book, you will be convinced he was risking his life. The things the U.S. government can do, and is doing, are frightening in the extreme. And moral questions abound.
For example, imagine yourself sitting before a computer screen watching, in real time, a U.S. drone as it monitors the person it might kill, and you can stare into the eyes of the man’s three children, ages three, eight, and ten, smiling beside him, and you know the children are going to die, too…how do you feel? What’s the status of your “utilitarian ethics?” Is the greatest good for the greatest number the correct path? Is it the only path?
Let us know your thoughts.