Souls

Here’s a headline from foxnews.com that leads to an editorial by Jackie Gingrich Cushman: “We have fought many wars as a country but now we are engaged in a battle for our soul.” I agree. I wish I was optimistic.

Why stop at Trump’s tax returns? Why not pull those of every member of congress and every governor?

It’s rare that I disagree with Trump policy, but it looks like he’s betrayed one of our staunchest allies, the Kurds, in favor of one of our enemies, Turkey Prime Minister Recep Erdogan. I hope I’m reading it wrong. Republican senator Lindsey Graham has said that if the Turks attack the Kurds he will introduce sanctions and call for Turkey’s suspension from NATO. The President has promised that he’d “totally destroy and obliterate” the economy of Turkey if he’s unhappy with how the country carries out its planned assault on Kurdish fighters. I hope those are not empty political promises.

RIP Rip Taylor, 84, who made more than 2000 TV appearances. He made us laugh. Thank you, sir.

It was back to T-shirt and shorts today. The floating book shop continued its recent positive run, although I had to work harder than usual, hauling the wares back and forth about 70 yards. And there were a lot more at the end of the session than there’d been at the start, despite a lot of sales. A gentleman donated about 40 books, most in Russian but also beautiful art pictorials. Another brought a batch that was mostly classics. And an old-timer whispered in my ear that there were books at the rear of the alley of the apartment building. I brought about ten of those home, as the old Hyundai is filled to capacity. My thanks to Andy F Bomb, who bought a pictorial on Marc Chagall, and to the woman who purchased one each on Van Gogh and Picasso; and to the woman headed for jury duty, who stocked up on a David Baldacci thriller and the Manhattan Noir short story collection; and to the young man who chose James Michener’s Alaska, and Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul by Naomi Levy; and to the woman who went home with a novel in Russian; and to the one who also selected one and a cook book; and to The Quiet Man, who opted for a Jeffrey Deaver thriller audio book, two music CD’s I burned long ago, and an art pictorial; and to Ira, who jumped on Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon by Michael Ghiglieri and Thomas Myers, a comprehensive history of misadventures at the famous site. He has bought so many similar books. He is fascinated by oddities.

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