Welcome to Sunday Brunch. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a while and let us know what is new with you. Yesterday was Astronomy Day. I have been interested in outer space all my life. I remember as a child Dad would take to the San Francisco Planetarium every time there was a new show. We watched all the moon landings. It was a special bond Dad and I had looking at the stars. As an artist I started out my graphic art career doing space pictures.

A few years back when Occupy was all the rage, the move your money campaign (https://ilsr.org/tag/move-your-money/) taught me to think about my personal values and how that interacted with my personal banking. I mean, banking sounds so neutral doesn't it? It seems like something we do outside of our daily living, where we make all of our moral decisions.
Then I realized that banking is a value-laden activity. Now it seems obvious, but before I was oblivious to this fact. I'd like to make the case for moving your money to a credit union, as our family has done. More below.

A very good weekend of birding. May 13th & 14th, 2016.

Yes, that is at least in bad taste as there is nothing particularly happy about this day, but "Angry Al-Nakba Day!" and "Despairing Al-Nakba Day!" just don't cut it for me and besides, it illustrates a seriously awful point.

Happy Sunday Morning. This has been one of those weird weeks, so you'll have to forgive me if I don't comment much on the politics of the week. They seem much the same as they were last week, and with the exception of the specific piece of bile the MSM wants to harp about, doesn't seem to be worth paying attention to.

On the heels of the Nevada mess in which rules were changed, votes taken before caucus members were registered and in the room, and repeated violations of Robert's Rules, this new petition is asking for the FBI to investigate (finally). Please sign. It is the least we can do for those people who fought so hard for democracy tonight.

Hey, I'm experimenting with both my digital recording box (it's like the cockpit of the space shuttle) and a new "mode" as the hipsters call it.

Anyway, I hope you like it.

Creating a song is an exhilarating experience to me! Like forming a new nation.

This piece is actually just a snippet of a song, it might make part of a larger piece. Someday.

I hope you like.

Condor