Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax
From the Land of the Lost Blunderbuss
Month: August 2003
A Look Behind the Blog
Posted on August 15, 2003 in Possessions Residences
I have never written of my immediate environment except in passing. I sit at a desk in a room where most of the pieces of furniture are orphans.
California, I Love You
Posted on August 14, 2003 in Book of Days California Watch Gray Davis Recall Social Justice
Many mock the state of my birth and yet they keep trying to own it. If they don’t like the way we think and the way we do things out here, why not just leave us alone?
Arnold’s Charity
Posted on August 14, 2003 in Gray Davis Recall Morals & Ethics
What impresses me is Arnold’s dedication to promoting his own name as an actor and as a gubenatorial candidate.
Excuse me, Arnold….
Posted on August 14, 2003 in Gray Davis Recall
What are you doing campaigning in New York City?
How the Russians Won the Cold War
Posted on August 14, 2003 in Citizenship Pointers
Supposedly we lost in Vietnam. But what lessons did we learn? We’re repeating it in Iraq and we’re repeating the mistake of the Soviets in Afghanistan.
Autumn
Posted on August 13, 2003 in Biomes Book of Days
And when autumn finally arrived, it looked little different from summer when you stood under the elderberries and gazed across the oak-glutted arroyos.
Cinquainfull and unrepetant
Posted on August 13, 2003 in Poems
Voters
feel weakly
elated about the
Terminator. Arnold let’s them
not think.
It’s the Wild Geese in Me
Posted on August 13, 2003 in Quizzes
The Wild Geese were that generation of young Irish Catholic men who fled the island for the continent following its conquest by William of the Orange.
Talking to Burningbird: Getting in Fights
Posted on August 13, 2003 in Blogging Crosstalk
Nearly any sincere blogger has encountered at least one roach: sometimes they swarm — if someone told me that they sent email to each other to say “Hey, we’ve got a mark” I would believe it to be true.
Blanched Almonds and Sugar-Thin Ash
Posted on August 13, 2003 in Weather
Yes, I find peace in writing about the weather.
The Real Problem in California
Posted on August 13, 2003 in Gray Davis Recall
Sacramento politics is at an impass because the legislature is populated by men and women who don’t fear the electorate.
Not Much of a Riddle
Posted on August 12, 2003 in Book of Days Whimsies
You should be able to guess what it is.
