Tom Faranda's Folly

Pretty cool – being promoted (fundraiser of course) by a group called “No labels” that tries to be non-partisan.

He was born today in 1892. The picture below is of him in 1916 when he was in the British army and 24 years old. He had a very difficult childhood; father died when he was very young and mother converted to Catholicism, was disowned by her family and then died of diabetes when he … Read more

Here’s the possible guide book for the next two years – a Christmas gift from Brigid. After a disappointing 2017 in terms of gettin’ out there, my hiking buddy Jeanne Marie and I would like to step it up. The book cover view is from Bear Mountain. We have already done a few of these … Read more

His point: In the quest to be nice, we marginalize the true meaning of Christmas.  

To a great 2018! (Gin & tonic, a day or two ago.)

These are all from some of my past Christmas postings.   A Botticelli, Lifted from Michelle Malkin’s weblog. Merry Christmas!

With humor – quite amusing. Has Bernie Sanders seen this?  

This guy is very popular on youtube – my son Joe watches him, and now I’ve started.  

Yes, December 12th, feast of Our lady of Guadalupe. Seems like a very short ten years since I posted this, complete with pictures. As of February, 17, 2018 I will have known Brigid forty (40) years… YIKES! Below, picture(s) a year, 2006 – 2017. And  below that the link and all the pictures (why not?) … Read more

Yay! ICAN is a coalition group Here's the Washington Post coverage –