Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Here is some gentle advice... Stop wearing yourself out in trying to apply reasonableness to anything Trump does, up to and including prosecuting war on another sovereign nation. Reason has nothing to do with it. This is a drooling, ignorant human who has lived a cushioned and narcissistic life without consequences or responsibility. He has… Continue reading The Daily: 6 March 2026
World Wildlife Day March 3rd is the UN's World Wildlife Day. This is the day that the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora was signed in 1973. So on 20 December 2013 at the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, March 3 was declared United Nations World… Continue reading The Daily: 3 March 2026
What can you even say about this past week... On Tuesday, the orange one delivered the longest hate speech in the history of the State of the Union addresses in which everyone from Democrats to trans people to Somalis in Minneapolis were vilified with blatant lies and we learned that inflation is coming down (it… Continue reading The Daily: 2 March 2026
Snow Moon The Wolf Moon went dark yesterday at 7:01am. Both Mardi Gras and Chinese New Year, with all their riotous color and spark, took place last night. Today, the Snow Moon, the fourth moon in my lunar year, is new. In my calendar, this is the season of Early Spring, the long wait of… Continue reading The Daily: 18 February 2026
Like many people, I find the American version of Valentine’s Day and the saccharine and monochromatic view of love it promotes to be repulsive. In my younger days I assumed the whole farce was invented by the greeting card and gifting industry, along with the rise of all manner of fake holidays intended to get… Continue reading The Daily: 14 February 2026
I’ve been rereading some of my books on Buddhism lately, some popular culture, a bit of fringe, and one book of the actual sutras. And I’ve been thinking… (I know, bad…) I still just can’t quite get on board with no-form. It feels nihilist. It also denies our basic experience of living, which may, in… Continue reading The Daily: 12 February 2026
Last year was hard on this old body. I am learning that meningitis, like Lyme disease and long COVID and all the various herpes viruses, is another one of those things that never completely goes away. The inflammation can flare up whenever you are feeling run down, and it leaves you feeling run down and… Continue reading The Daily: 9 February 2026
About three weeks ago, I finished reading Enshitification (which, by the way, is required reading...) and had the oddest feeling that I needed to clean up my "data" out there in the world. I have a few social media sites. I had credit cards stored at a few places. And I had an ancient Amazon… Continue reading The Daily: 4 February 2026
If Candlemas be bright and clear there'll be two winters in the year. — traditional adage from Scotland Of Candles and Divinatory Beasts There are many weather marking days throughout the year. Candlemas, falling on 2 February, was the day that our ancestors began to get nervous about the spring. A fine Candlemas portends a… Continue reading The Daily: 2 February 2026
If you live in the US, then today is the day to stand up. Today, we strike back where it hurts them the most — on the balance books. Today is a general strike, a National Shutdown. No shopping. No entertainment. No travel. No spending money. If you are able to stay home from work… Continue reading The Daily: 30 January 2026
By My Solitary Hearth 