Hail December! The Twelfth month! Hail to the number twelve. Three cheers (four times) for the ol’ 12, the number on the top of the clock!! The word twelve, whose early English-Germanic roots derive from “two left”, or two left over after counting to ten, completes a certain cycle for us. After twelve o’clock we start to count the hours again. Twice every day we … Continue reading December Magazine
It’s rough following politics. Sometimes I think I can’t take it anymore. For most of my life I’ve followed politics, dare I say, religiously. I’ve watched the news on PBS and read the newspaper daily (well, the sports section anyway) for thirty or forty years. I’ve volunteered a bit with the Democratic Party, and knocked on some doors. These last four years, of course, the … Continue reading Political Blues
Bumbastories Magazine has learned that President-elect Joe Biden has offered Stephen A. Bumba, editor of Bumbastories, a choice advisory role – perhaps a Cabinet post – in the new Biden administration. In an exclusive interview with roving reporter George Packard, Bumba revealed that over the past six months he had sent several letters to Biden that detailed critical policy initiatives and reforms. Yesterday, he received … Continue reading A Bumbastories BREAKING NEWS exclusive: Bumba to receive Cabinet post!
OK. It’s November and here comes yet another Bumbastories monthly report/March through the Numbers thing. “Oh, no,” you say. “Oh, yes”, says I. “And we’re definitely going to do another march through the numbers thing” For the Americans there’s an additional message this month, which is that you have to vote and do what you can to get other people to vote. We’ve been talking … Continue reading Hey it’s another Bi-annual November (tally up those votes!) Magazine
Somebody Stole My Gal, written by Leon Wood in 1918, is, in my not-very-humble opinion, a terrific song. According to Bumbastories’ staff of certified “math experts”, 1918 was over 100 years ago. Yikes! They had a pandemic back then too. Yikes again! Nevertheless and all the same, Somebody Stole My Gal is a swell song, which is why I’m posting about it again. Like a … Continue reading Somebody Stole My Gal
Syncopated Between my heartbeat and the world Somewhere in the bass line Interwoven with this afternoon’s Sunlight And curled through my being There lies a sympathy As we sit outside the restaurant The sunlight pours down On our little table We sip our cappuccinos slowly For somewhere Between the Music of the Spheres And the hum of the earth mother … Continue reading Syncopated Sympathy
Semi-Annual Bumbastories October Magazine A salute to the number 10, October being the tenth calendar month. Ten 10. The final number in our number system. The end of the line. After ten we start counting again. By tens! And then by tens of tens, and tens of hundreds, and tens of thousands —- up to 10 to the googleplex, which is as far as I, … Continue reading Semi-Annual October Magazine
I know I’ve posted this song before, but it should be no great secret that Bumba, the editor of this wanna-be magazine, is one lazy son of a you know what. The Bumbastories Magazine staff – all of them imaginary alter-egos for Bumba by the way – are also a sorry collection of empty coconuts. So what we’re trying to get to is that every … Continue reading I’m Worried Now…. But I Won’t Be Worried Long
American democracy was already on the ropes. But now, with the passing of Justice Bader-Ginsberg, many of the progressive advances that have been so painfully obtained are at risk. We also have the added concern that the Supreme Court may no longer serve as a brake on authoritarianism. The country may take a turn down a right wing dead end. It’s a sad state of … Continue reading Sad Days
