Eric Scheske

"Don't judge a book by its cover" you say? I say, "Short of spending a lot of time reading it, what else are you going to judge it by?" And in Chumlee's case, you could see from the cover that he comes

"Like H.L. Mencken, Gore Vidal, Ernest Hemingway, and other original Americans, Bradbury 'had the advantage,' wrote Russell Kirk, 'of never attending college,' which 'constricts people,' in Bradbury's words." Bill Kauffman, Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from

And Yet More Miscellaneous Rambling Have you ever considered starting a worm farm to produce your own vermicompost but don't want to deal with all the hassles? I think I have a solution: Simply use a self-watering container (one with the indents and holes at the bottom

More Miscellaneous Rambling My over-wintered spinach crop came through splendidly this year. No surprise, of course: I think we've had the mildest winter ever, and it's in one of my permanent cold frames. I took my first crop last week. I pulled my spinach pots

Miscellaneous Rambling Happy spring. Yeah, I know. I'm jumping the gun, but I've optimistic. The ten-day forecast is gorgeous. Of course, these next two months are the bane of weather forecasters, so I shouldn't be so optimistic. As I've complained on

Happy birthday to my lovely wife, Marie, a long-suffering woman who's determined to make me a saint . . . or take us both to hell trying.

Some good Seth Meyers: Chris Christie was asked today about his vacant expression during Donald Trump's Super Tuesday victory speech, and told reporters, “I wasn't anything other than happy.” Well, if that expression means you're happy, then my wife was thrilled when I forgot

I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh much any more. As I turned more and more libertarian, Rush sounded more and more wrong, especially when he relentlessly attacked Ron Paul during the 2012 primaries. But as a liberal friend once said to me, "Rush always has his facts

I'd bathe in it: > Slovenian town goes ahead with beer fountain plan https://t.co/wrBR2I3OBD > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) March 4, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/705568022501527552]

"Why can't people let each other alone and not obtrude on each other?" That's Dorothy Day, a "Servant of God" (declared by JPII). A woman who gave of herself constantly . . . constantly. And yet, she harbored at least a bit of resentment toward