Sunday's postcard, Of tide pools, trains, Joe Biden's announced departure, and a year that feels eerily familiar

July 21, 2024

Restless river otters at Joe Creek near Pacific Beach, WA

1968 was a rough time, and I’ll never forget what that year felt like. If felt kind of like this year.

Eleven year olds can read newspapers, and if your mother has the Armed Forces Radio and Television Services’ radio broadcast on in the kitchen you can detect the cracks and bewilderment in voice…