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Scorched Earth Retreat Reading the National Media and peeking at Tweeter (don't dwell too long, it's a Rabbit hole gateway) you could get the idea that our president has lost what little mind he had left. The national problems with the virus, the economy, the social justice movement, and anything else you might want to throw into the soup, he appears to be troubled.  Polls showing him behind Joe Biden in many of the swing states that he carried in 2016. Some reports have him roaming the White House in the middle of the night screaming at the portraits of past presidents, asking, "Why oh why don't people like anymore?" The paintings don't answer, of course, and it isn't because he doesn't remember any of their names. I've said in many past postings on Facebook, and in this blog, that he is showing signs of dementia. I'm serious about that observation. It is not an attempt to insult him but point out a condition that I think is getting worse from...

Everything In It's Place And a place for everything Some of you might remember my attempt at creating hilarity when I stored my pots and pans in the refrigerator because it was the only place where I had the room. I had just moved into a Studio Apartment in The Lakeside Building on Milwaukee's lower east side.  A studio apartment, or my snuggery according to my word-of-the-day email , is a fairly large bedroom with an attached galley kitchen and full bath. I eventually rectified the pot and pans problem with a cart that handles most of my cooking utensils. The rest, like the cast iron and my baking utensils, are in the oven. This necessitates taking them out when I want to bake, but that is another story to be told at another time. I often remark to friends, living in a studio apartment is like living on a boat. Every space has to designed to serve more than one function. I have kneaded bread dough on a wood cutting board in my double-wide stainless steel sink. I have stored b...

Poppa Jeff On Zoom I was made aware of a feature of my Blog, Point Made. Published by Halvin and Cobbs. My blog has a comment feature. Yes, I knew that but, I didn't realize I was getting comments, aside from verbal observations and the occasional email. I really didn't know how to find them. I guess I thought they would find me. No such luck. I found out, quite by accident, how to view your comments. I am so sorry. Some of them were encouraging. Others, I saw as constructive criticism. Some of you just weren't buying what I was selling, and that's okay. A couple of comments asked questions. Because I was not aware of these posts, they bothered me the most. Jill Frisbie, the talented and wonderful wife of my sister's brother-in-law, Terry, way back in December, asked about the Aussie TV I was watching on the streaming services. Jill, I watched Tangle, City Detectives, Silk, Bloom, and Nothing Trivial. On  New Zeland TV Programing, I'm watching Step Dave. Don...

Spring In The City by Jeff Jordan Any year as the seasons roll by, some benchmarks indicate the changes. The leaves are budding, or they are falling. The grass is growing, or the frost is taking over. The days are getting longer or shorter. The flowers are pushing their way up or submit to the colder temperatures.  In the city, there is the blossoming of another sort. It's the opening of the umbrellas over the street tables next to the restaurants. Outside dining, while more traditional in many other countries and warmer parts of the US, is relatively new in the upper midwest. This last weekend in Milwaukee signaled another benchmark in the city. The city of Milwaukee's public health department rolled back restrictions, put in place due to the Pandemic, and allowed restaurants and bars to reopen with some restrictions. Make no mistake about the significance of this ruling to the citizens of Milwaukee. The allegations of the drinking habits of Wisconsin residents are probably co...

This is the beginning of week eleven of my personal quarantine. I was reminded during my weekly visit with CBS Sunday Morning , that we are in the midst of World War with a virus. Think about it, every human being on the planet is fighting the same enemy. With that encouraging thought in mind, t his week may go down as one that hosted the most disasters in seven days ever .  There is no surprise here. The instigator is our current President. While it is true that sometimes what Trump does leads to chaos, his preferred atmosphere of operation, it is often when he fails to do what is necessary and what we expect from a president that fans the flames of confusion, anger, and outrage. Why is Trump pulling out of The World Health Association?   By badgering Republican state governors and threatening Democratic governors so they will relax stay at home regulations, and by not following his own administration rules on health safety practices during the pandemic COVID 19, Trump is not...