A life in words

  • Upon A Christmas Night

    White flakes of snow spun and swirled outside, while the dated heater raged like a jet engine within the apartment. The dishes from the potluck were washed and put away, and the echoes of friends and merriment had faded like the burning sweetness of a glass of eggnog. And he was alone. The thought of…

  • Merry Christmas from the National Weather Service!

    Winter Storm Warning Spokane Area (Washington) URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1038 PM PST WED DEC 24 2008 …SNOW STORM THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY… .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING AND…

  • Newly Cursed 🙂

    Well, Kent and Dayna were so kind as to give me a ride to the airport this morning (Dayna was driving—thanks Dayna!) in spite of threatening weather. Kent (half-)joked that I was cursed, because every time he gives me a ride to the airport, I-15 ends up turning into a soupy, snowy quagmire. In fact,…

The principal difficulty lies, and the greatest care should be employed in constituting this Representative Assembly. It should be in miniature, an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think, feel, reason, and act like them. That it may be the interest of this Assembly to do strict justice at all times, it should be an equal representation, or in other words equal interest among the people should have equal interest in it. Great care should be taken to effect this, and to prevent unfair, partial, and corrupt elections.John Adams, Thoughts on Government, April 1776