Caption This: Junk Thief in the Summer of Love

Forty-one years ago, while a lot of hoopla was going down in the Haight, little Junk Thief joined his family for a camping trip to Yellowstone, the Tetons and points beyond. As you can tell, he was an avid Democrat before he could vote or shave

Beautiful, But Who'll Scrub the Toilets

Barbara Ehrenreich's new book This Land Is Their Land tackles the cost of beauty and the exclusion of working class people from the most desirable places in the U.S. This article from The Nation suggests the tone of the book and recalls my trip to Jackson last December (and a possible return in August). While Ehrenreich isn't nearly as patently annoying as Michael Moore, I do find that her work is a bit like his in that she puts a little bit of new wrapping on the same rant -- we live in an unjust and unequal society in which the gap between rich and poor keeps growing. A few solutions and examples of hope would be helpful. I find that I buy and start reading her books but stop about 2/3rds of the way through as they become increasingly repetitive and pointless. Perhaps I should just stick with The Nation excerpt for now.

This Just in: Junk Thief in Jackson, Wyoming

We Got Married in a Fever

Although Tugboat Dave and I seem to have a difference of opinion on who recorded the definitive version of Jackson, I'll be going there Saturday and scouting out Jane Fonda and Harrison Ford, just in case. I've not been there since I was about 14, and the high there is supposed to be around 14. However, I don't think it was this Jackson that Lee & Nancy/Johnny & June were singing about. All the same, I plan to dance on a pony keg if the opportunity arises. The rest of the week will be in comparatively bland Colorado. Maybe I'll drop by to say hello to Dr. Dobson while in "the Springs" as locals call it.