Steveawiggins

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• Trolls and Tolls

  

  Fall creeps up on me every year. I like to have an array of seasonal books to read so that when it arrives I’ll be ready. With house repair costs this year... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dayglow

  

  Yellow and orange leaves on a damp pavement. A sky claustrophobically occluded with gray clouds. A decided chill in the air. All you have to do is add a few... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Im Peaches and Whatnot

  

  Like most thinking people I’m wondering what’s wrong with our government. If such wrong-doing were so out in the open any of the rest of us would be in jail, bu... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Digital First

  

  Publishers these days are all yammering about being “digital first.” Now, I use technology when I write these days, despite the fact that I am coerced to shut... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spiritual Fear

  

  There’s an old adage that if a headline asks a question the implied answer is “No.” I’ve found that to be true, largely. I hoped differently when I saw the... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Haunted State

  

  Some few years back, when FYE was still a thing, I’d hunt for bargains at our local. I came across a two-for-one DVD that seemed promising, but when I got it... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Anthropocene

  

  The word “Anthropocene” has been showing up quite a bit lately. For a period of many years I was an avid, self-taught amateur geologist. In my dreams I still am... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• This Is a Test

  

  For the next sixty seconds…  (If you were born after Civil Defense aired these commercials, it’s your loss.)  I’ve been reading about animal intelligence—there... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weird Publishing

  

  It’s a weird world. Publishing, I mean. In the early days of shock and angst after Nashotah House, when it had become clear that UWOsh—the University of... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Trailing Art

  

  One of the many trails that wend their way through Ithaca is the Art Trail. (The town finds waypoints on the wine and beer trails of the southern tier as well,... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Conservation?

  

  I am not a conservative. There, I’ve said it. You have very little control over who your parents are or how they raise you. As I confessed here many times, I wa... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sun Out

  

  Okay, so this gave me a scare. I mean, I know our government keeps secrets, but sun outages seemed pretty major to me. Like maybe we ought to make a run on... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bibliographic Blues

  

  Now, I don’t know how often you have to compile a bibliography, but it’s harder than it used to be. Some time ago—my hardware’s a bit aged, so I can’t remember... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fall Festivals

  

  Now that it’s October, it’s officially okay to be scared. Determined to fight my fright of hubris, I make brave to mention that I have two appearances... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Autocracy and Its Victims

  

  Human rights ought to be fairly simple. The recognition that all people are human is complicated by that infamous human construct of money, even when autocracy’... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Snow in September

  

  One of the trendy things when I worked in United Methodist youth camp was “Christmas in July.” Although not quite six months out, the idea was to inject some fu... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Flipping

  

  The mind-blowing book I mentioned last week is here unveiled. I discovered Jeffrey Kripal’s work years ago, and have subsequently had a few conversations with... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Grasses and Bans

  

  It’s been so busy that I didn’t realize it was Banned Books Week until yesterday, when there was but one day left (today). I usually make a point of reading a... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Book Signing

  

  Okay, so I’ve got a book signing for Holy Horror coming up at the Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem. And they’ve advertised it in the local paper. I’m humbled... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Time To Meet

  

  I feel compelled to state up front that this wasn’t the mind-blowing book I was writing about in yesterday’s post. One of the perks of working in publishing is... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY