Such is that a section of a city may live, breathe, change and glitter while another section withers in glacial decay. Let this week’s challenge image inspire…
Lots of talk of bridges and walls these last few weeks. Yet, even the morality attached to these objects cannot exist outside of context. Let this week’s…
We’ve come to the end of Lenin’s The State and Revolution. I wish I could say it’s been fun but, well, nope. Can’t say it and won’t say…
Word has it that modernity has cramped our survival skills. Let this week’s challenge image inspire your muse … maybe to wonder what we gain and what…
As we enter the New Year, we have an increase in the number of politicians identifying as some flavor of socialist heading to Washington DC. It becomes…
Here at Victory Girls we’d like to see a conservative 2019. Which means, of course, that some big things need to happen — like The Wall. But…
New Years marks a challenge all its own. Resolutions to be made, most to be broken or forgotten. However, some may come to life-changing fruition. Use this…
Last week, I commented that reading Lenin in English seemed to be more difficult than it had when I first read it in Russian. Whether that’s the…
It’s the Friday before Christmas. Let this week’s challenge image inspire your imagination of Christmas past, present or future. You have 100 words to craft your tale.
In the previous post, I noted how Lenin opened The State and Revolution with a condemnation of those “socialists” who didn’t follow his own particular brand of socialism. In…
Our past is within reach by what we have left behind. What will future generations find of us? Let this Friday’s image inspire you to recreate the…
It is difficult these days to look at our government, especially the incoming crop of new “Democrats”, and not worry about where our country is headed. To…
Winter is coming. Does it mark a beginning or an end? Or are those concepts too confining? Use this image and 100 words as your challenge this…
Lenin’s The State and Revolution is important for a number of reasons. Historically, no one should deny its importance. This one document helped put Russia on the…
The delusion of the modern age is that we have no need for the physical. The raw, hard work that was our usual lot and still exists…
The history of human civilization is marked by the ruins of fragile achievements. Mother Nature is oblivious to our intentions as she relentlessly reclaims the things we…
As we join together with family and friends for this Thanksgiving Day, let us remember there is more to the day than football and shopping. It represents…
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