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Our five-part experience on the Columbia resumes on the shoreline. We are still on Sauvie Island, walking along the beach of a wooded peninsula called Willow Bar Beach. It’s a cool late October morning. The wave action is the wake of small, medium and large ocean-going ships, their lumbering mechanical sounds out of earshot on the far side of the river where the channel runs deep. The wildlife is distant so there is more room for my musical score.

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One of my favorite things to do is eat cheese and drink wine. Cheese and wine go together like peas and carrots. One makes the other so much better and that makes for a great pairing. When we were in Italy, we fell in love with the custom of Aperitivo. Aperitivo is the tradition of enjoying wine or a cocktail with some salty bites late in the afternoon. Aperitivo is designed to hold you over for a later dinner but it also whets your appetite.

L’allée d’eau by Charles Guilloux, 1895We are sneaking in two full moons this month, one right at the beginning and one right at the end. This happens from time to time, there sometimes being 13 full moons in a year. It makes it tricky to assign the old Medieval and Celtic names to them. Luckily there are plenty for August, so split them as you will. Grain Moon obviously refers to the ripening grain in the fields, while Lynx Moon is a bit more of a puzzle.

Hi, I'm Ms Katrina. This is a short story for kids. The story is from Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh is a bear. In this story, Winnie the Pooh visits a friend and gets stuck. Learn five words from Winnie the Pooh. Hum. H U M. Hum means sing with your mouth closed. Hole. H O L E. A hole is an open place in the ground. Honey. H O N E Y.

Holiday-makers in Crimea recording the explosions at Saki air base, which destroyed at least nine Russian aircraft. From the start the course of this war has been charted in two ways. The first is on maps. Progress has been measured by territory acquired; prospects identified by territory in contention; challenges described by territory still to be taken. We will know the war has ended when either Russia has made sufficient gains to satisfy Putin or else Ukraine has taken back Russia’s past gains.

The Winter Solstice is here signifying the longest night of the year. This is the time to embrace darkness. Capitalism has made this time of year about shopping, outings, and busy, busy, busy…but nature is reflecting back to us the opposite. Nature says, slow down. Rest. Reflect. Let go. Holiday buzz can be all consuming but you are a conscious and sovereign being that has the power of choice! So if you can, pump the breaks.

I heard this name Wirepoints when the Chicago Teachers Union cited a reason to censor me. They say this right-wing think tank takes my stories to trash our union. Wirepoints is propaganda for the rulers, the corporate chieftains who run this city. And they hire top-notch liars to put out their take on our capitalist society to explain why we need massive cuts in social spending so that corporations can pay less taxes.

The Wisconsin football progrum suffered one of the most depressing losses in recent memory(which is saying something), falling to Iowa 15-6 last Saturday. There were zero positives to take away from the game. Like every other Badgers fan I've been on my sad boy shit all week. Thankfully I went 5-1 on my picks last week and brought some joy to the entire Wisconsin football community. Don't look now, but my gambling brain is starting to put everything together.