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So….The history of colonial expansion can be summed up in fairly simple terms. We clobbered any unfortunate indigenous nations which came within our reach mercilessly; taking gold, silver, land or any other commodity [including human] pretty much at will. Those that could be persuaded to serve, generally through lies and propaganda, might be spared deathContinue reading “thoughts on empire”

I guess it’s just about keeping going for now, to ride the storm and hope to eventually be washed up on some unfamiliar shore. Nothing will be the same ever again. None of us will emerge the same person we were before. Our friends too will be familiar enough, but without their same self-assuredness, asContinue reading “thoughts on a pandemic”

About me.This blog has been a long time coming. It does seem I have a lot to say for myself and need a platform to say it, so I guess this is as much for me as anyone. What’s it about? Well I scribble some verse now and again. Much of it will be commentContinue reading “intro”