Today is Juneteenth, the celebration of Black Americans gaining their freedom from slavery. It comes from the proclamation in Texas some two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a strange situation yet somewhat emblematatic of how things have gone in this country's history. We didn't really restore freedom to a large part of this ( Read more... )

After work yesterday I managed to get another section of the backyard planted. It was only half what I wanted to do, but it was satisfying nevertheless ( Read more... )

There is rain forecast for next weekend. Until then: no rain ( Read more... )

Today was great weather so easy to go out and do whatever made the most sense ( Read more... )