“The judge had places to be, for at the Clifton Garden County Club, the scheduled tee times wait for no man.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 210
A Study in Contrasts
“Judge Murray sat behind a dark cherry-colored bench, crafted in another era. It was a work of artisanship and beauty, as if calculated to contrast sharply with the decisions that had been handed down from that same bench over the previous twenty years. The judicial decisions were mostly press wood with an oak veneer.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 210
The Worst Kind of Warmth
“The laughter was hollow, the phoniness transparent, the warmth chilly”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 202
Monstrous Regiment, Eh?
Introduction: When John Knox penned his peppery critique of Bloody Mary, that infamous First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, he wadded his little booklet into an object ...
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And One on the Angry Side
“He was not mistaken about the state of his forehead either. An angry welt of generally circular aspect stared back out at him from the mirror. He looked like a Hindu god of war.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 198
Some Letters to Help Make Sense of It All
Letter to the Editor: First of all, thank you for all you do. You have been a great encouragement to me over the last couple of years. I would like to know what commentaries you find helpful ...
Because They Were Curious
“But inside, his head felt like a baseball had just collided with a nest of Asian giant hornets in the there, a nest that was on the large side, and all the hornets had just come outside to inquire about the baseball.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 194
The Moment
Introduction: What happens when cultural norms break down? If you have not been living under a large rock for the last six months or so, you know that the question is not a hypothetical one. We have had lock downs, a secession in Seattle, riots, murders, massive governmental incompetence, equally massive governmental over reach, toxic …
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Stands to Reason
“Roberta was rapidly discovering that bursting dams do not have a great deal of control over how much water goes downstream. All of it, usually.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 193
Flash Psalm Sing, Round Two
Just got back from today’s flash psalm sing. I initially thought we were going to have around 400 folks, but by the time we were done it seemed more like 500. In any case, there were way more people than we had on Wednesday. There were no policemen in evidence this time, for which we …