Loss and Laughter

Not many people know Peggy Cooper Cafritz. I was one of those people and I mourn for a loss suffered by her as well as a loss of all of us. Peggy lived in a 5.2 Million dollar mansion in Kent, Washington that burned down recently. Now I know that the rich know how to be compensated sufficiently for loss and ordinarily I would not bother but in addition to the mansion, what was lost was one of the largest private collections of African-American art

The Cooper-Cafritz Collection included over 300 pieces of African-American art, sculpture photographs and other pieces. (See the example below). Although it was a private collection, I none the less, mourn its destruction because there is always the faint glimmer of hope it would eventually be in a museum for all to see. So all of you that read this know that you too have lost a part of our humanity


Kerry James Marshall's "Study for Great America"




And now for something completely different

I was interested in Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea. I can see the discussion now.

State Dept Official 1: How are we going to get the reporters out of North Korea?

State Dept Official 2: Why don’t we send Bill Clinton? They like him over there!

State Dept Official 1: What could we offer him to undertake such a mission, rife with political dangers?

State Dept Official 2: Tell him that the reporters are two young women and will have a 13 hr flight back alone with them. For Bill that is an offer he can’t refuse.

YEAH BABY, THE BIG DOG IS BACK

I love Clinton, he has not only given us a more or less decent presidency but he is the gift that continues to give when it comes to jokes.

Dang these sins. see you next time

Denny