Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
It's activity time! We're going to analyze the US economy... How's that for ambition on a Tuesday! But anyway... here are some useful tools. First, here is a handy take-home pay calculator that estimates a bi-monthly paycheck for a given annual salary, based on taxes where you live (if you live in the US). It… Continue reading The Daily: 19 November 2024
What Do We Do Now? Four years ago, we were adjusting ourselves to a future that did not include Trump. Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election on November 7th, four days after voting ended. However, the counting had not ended. Republicans were filing lawsuits in crucial states, claiming that the counts were… Continue reading The Daily: 18 November 2024
“We’ll stop them,” Collum said. “They’ve always invaded and we’ve always stopped them. There has to be a way.” “Not this time,” Morgan said. “Because they’re not invading.” “Well, what the hell do you call it?!” “Emigrating,” Morgan said. “Fleeing. They can’t stay in Saxony. The sea there is rising and flooding their lands, and… Continue reading The Daily: 14 November 2024
So last week happened... It was not entirely a surprise; however, it still left most of us in a state of enraged shock for many days. But... While Trump et al have terrifying new capacities for causing harm, we have survived this once and I'm pretty sure we will survive again. As people. I am… Continue reading The Daily: 13 November 2024
Martinmas On November 11th at 11 in the morning, we practice a moment of silence for two minutes to remember the day we reached an accord and agreed to lay down arms after the brutality of World War 1. A century ago we stopped fighting. Soldiers came home. It was a time very like this.… Continue reading The Daily: 11 November 2024
I don't know about you all, but I've been on a steady diet of John Oliver, The Daily Show, sudoku puzzles and this. I haven't had a real meal since All Hallows. With the water being gone, there have been more days than showers this week, and I don't even feel that bad about that.… Continue reading The Daily: 10 November 2024
As part of fun times in late capitalism, or as Cory Doctorow puts it, the enshitification of everything, a water main went down last week at the south end of my town. Nobody was hurt though the road is now another gaping hole. However, in the process of fixing it, actually when they were just… Continue reading The Daily: 8 November 2024
I am changing Wednesdays again. I have abandoned the contest on All Poetry because I am not enjoying it. Plain and simple. There is an increasing amount of what I don't like about the world on that medium, as there is everywhere accessed by a keyboard and screen. There is also less, much less, good… Continue reading The Daily: 6 November 2024
We are electing the next President today. I wish we lived in a world where things like Donald Trump did not happen. I wish that we lived in a world in which there was absolutely no question about the outcome of this election now that he has. I wish we lived in a world in… Continue reading The Daily: 5 November 2024
Winter Sleep Moon and Early Winter A Brown Time... The Hunter's Moon went dark on All Hallow's Day, which also ushered in the new lunisolar year and the new season of Early Winter. The Winter Sleep Moon was new on the Day of the Dead. It will go dark on December 1st which is the… Continue reading The Daily: 4 November 2024
By My Solitary Hearth 