Always

Inner ugly will always out.

Wastes

Work and worry are the two worst wastes.

New poems

I've posted 3.

Ethiopian beef stew

From a recipe I found online.

Baked Rigatoni with Spinach, Ricotta, and Fontina

From this recipe.

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The bad (Day Lewis)

It is the logic of our times,
No subject for immortal verse—
That we who lived by honest dreams
Defend the bad against the worse.

Cecil Day Lewis

Obeying the law (Fukuyama)

The vast majority of people in any peaceful society obey the law not so much because they are making a rational calculation based on costs and benefits, and fear of punishment. They obey because they believe the law is fundamentally fair, and they are morally obligated to follow it. They are much less inclined to obey the law if they believe it is unjust.

Francis Fukuyama

Antique Magic

My mother's mystery novel, Antique Magic, goes on sale today. Go, Mom!

6

I have posted 6 new poems.