The Evening Blues - 1-26-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 01/26/2018 - 3:17pm

We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on.
- Mavis Staples -


To buy a loaf of bread in the 1970's and 80's took about 10 minutes for someone making the federal minimum wage. By 2010 it was taking nearly 24 minutes.


Something/Someone Old

I thought I'd send a post-mortem shout-out to Hilly Krystal.


The Thieves Roar Like Fish In The Sand
There are demons
in the endless wood.
No one believes in them
but they are there
to sizzle like poisoned water
in the heart.Twigs crack in the wind.
We fumble the tools,
our tongues stutter.Light is a danger.
With it we see only
to the edge of it.


Today's number is 22

