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Imagine the Blue Ribbons Since the flower shows are canceled - even the NM State Fair - we are blessed with a new crop of prize dahlias every day. They soften the pain of isolation. We coulda been contendahs. Wife Dorothy has so many blue ribbons already we won't notice, but I sure notice this rampant beauty.  (And we have a house full of orchids to boot!) Upbeat, I am. 

Cheered Up, I Am Two bits of good news in one day in these times will do it. 1. Our garden is lush this year and the daily harvest is big - and beautiful . Thank you stored rainwater . 2. NPR is kicking arse ! I'm a happy man.

I wrote a book about her,  (She's a dead ringer for) a cave lion cub named Cubby. The poor baby is long dead. 38,000 years long. My fictional Cubby lived 125,000 years ago, and I lived in her cave with her and her mom. Time travel, of course. Now there's a bit of sci-fi fer ye.   "I" was my character Daryl Streeter, and I lived his adventure vicariously as I wrote the book, MIZ, Time Tripping With Amazing Females. It's a thrill to read about  this  DNA discovery, because in 2017 I made the assumption that the girls were unique, which allowed me to give them unique talents. We sci-fi guys love it when one of our predictions pans out in real life. Here are some highlights of the book. If you like audiobooks, here's the address for a YouTube "playlist" to listen to free. Just click "Play All," or click any chapter that looks interesting. Here's the Gizmodo story  about the amazing paleontology discovery.

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas: (R) "The founders said 'Slavery was the necessary evil ' upon which the union was built.”                                            Campaign Pix                             Senatorial Pix                                                            This Senate work is exhausting . Senator Cotton, in an interview he gave to the  Arkansas Democratic-Gazette , in which he criticized the New York Times’ proposed school curriculum linked to its  1619 Project  that would reframe the national historical narrative to highlight slavery in U.S. history lessons. He tweeted the quotes were "fake news." Ex-Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts (D) " The idea that slavery was a necessary part of America’s founding implies that for some to flourish in our country others must be hurt."                                           Campaign Pix                             Gubernatorial Pix     Feeling better the