Michael Shay's Hummingbirdminds

A big lobster walked down our street last night. He/She/It accompanied kids dressed as characters from kiddie shows I don't watch becaus...

The fog comes/ on little cat feet Thought of this Carl Sandburg poem as I sat watching the ocean as fog crept in. Cats weren't on my min...

I don't have a hangover, that's the main thing. Many prior St. Patrick's Day holidays involved drinking and then hangovers. Some...

At the Juneteenth celebration in Cheyenne: Wyoming Democratic Party Reps (left to right) Lee Filer, Mary Throne and Jim Byrd. Photo from t...

You heard it here first (or maybe second or third): Wyoming Equality is sponsoring a Halloween bash on Saturday, Oct. 27, in the Casablan...

This comes from Nancy Sindelar's excellent e-newsletter. BTW, the Chris you see named at the bottom of your screen is my lovely wife, YM...

I'm not going to be in town, but maybe you will be and are looking for something a little less green-beer-oriented on St. Patrick's...

Happy Fourth of July to everyone, especially the progressive bloggers you see linked in the right sidebar. Fighting the good fight against t...

Thomas Reed Shay (a.k.a. Big Tom) Alone on Father's Day. That occurred to me as I awoke this morning. I'm in Minneapolis, Chris i...

Today we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Many speeches will be delivered, many of the man's quotes will be requoted. Th...

Jim Hightower offers ideas on SPECIAL GIFTS FOR IMPORTANT PEOPLE The Christmas spirit is alive and well with my favorite liberal populist ...

Ideas from Sojourners and CRWRC about alternative gift-giving for the holidays: http://www.crwrc.org/pages/crwrc_giftcatalog.cfm?utm_source=...

My Feedjit feed (see sidebar) keeps logging in hits for a two-year old post based on William Faulkner's quote: “The past is never dead. ...

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Obama's Socialist Christmas Ornament Program http://www.thedailyshow.com/ Daily Sh...

The ceremonial capture of the Christmas tree in Wyoming's Snowy Range. Notice ravenous wolf in foreground attempting to take a bite out ...

Representative Lori Millin, Democrat of Cheyenne, is my rep in the Wyoming House. She issued the following statement to mark Veterans Day: “...

And here are a few of the best lines: These naysayers have short memories. They forget that we, as a people, did not get here by standing pa...

I like this photo for the angles and edges and shadows -- and I'm not talking about those tiny people looking at us. The human subjects ...