A Temporary Switch to Wordpress

For all of my readers out there, I'm just letting you know that for a while I'm not going to be publishing here on Blogger. Instead, I'll be trying out Wordpress, and working out the kinks in my new Nonsublunary. If I decide that I like Wordpress better than Blogger, I will be making a permanent switch. If not, I will resume posting here.

To check out my new blog, go to:

www.nonsublunary.wordpress.com

A Description of the Day

Ah, how beautiful the day is! The fresh smell of spring is in the air. The sun is shining, and how wonderful it was, feeling the warmth on my back when I was hanging out the laundry a few minutes ago. A breeze is blowing, keeping the heat at bay. Everything is green, and the bluebonnets are still out. Even though they are on the decline, they are still a beautiful blue against the lively green of the grass.
I heard a cardinal singing, high up in a tree, his bright red feathers shining. Along with him sings a myriad of other birds, none of which I can identify. Regardless, their chorus is beautiful, livening up the day.
Our sugar snap peas have begun blooming, and now we have several handfuls of crisp, deliciously sweet pea pods. The spinach is also growing well. Quite soon, perhaps tomorrow for dinner, we can have salad.
The peach tree blooms have come and gone, and now the two trees are covered in little peaches, about an inch in diameter. Soon, ah yes, very soon, we will have lovely ripe peaches with beautiful red and orange fuzzy skin, so juicy that when you bite into it, the juice runs down your arm, dripping off your elbow. Ah, how I long for the day!
However, this lovely spring day was stained a bit this morning by the butchering of eight chickens. I will spare you from all the gory details, which I think would ruin my description of eating one of our peaches, that you just read. But thankfully, that was the last of the escapees (the chickens that kept getting out, even when we tied a large stick to their leg), so there will be no more chicken butchering for quite a long time. Or, until we run out of chicken.
I must go now, and finish reading this weeks pages in Paradise Lost, which is for school. I would tell you about it, but I think that if you really want to know, you can ask me. I'm afraid that would be quite a large rabbit to chase, to go from talking about how beautiful this day is, to describing the battle in heaven between Satan and his angels, and Michael and God's angels.

A Quote

This is a quote from Sir Walter Scott's novel, "Kenilworth", that I thought was really funny. This was the first piece of dictation that I did this year, and so far, I think it's still my favorite.


"Now, out upon thee for a faint-spirited slave! What adventurous knight ever thought of the lady's terror, when he went to thwack giant, dragon, or magician, in her presence, and for her deliverance? But why talk to thee of dragons, who would be driven back by a dragon-fly. There thou hast missed the rarest opportunity!"

Kenilworth, by Sir Walter Scott

a narration on government and economics

The Question:

Imagine and tell what America would be like if it practiced Common Law. Cite specific examples of things that would be different.

The Answer:

Right now, in the year 2007, the United States of America is governed by Political Law. This is basically where whoever holds the power can make the rules. This can be disastrous, but just imagine what it would be like if we got rid of Political Law altogether, and replaced it with Common Law. Then, the government would have a lot less power, and all citizens would be under the two fundamental laws: (1) do all you have agreed to do, and (2) do not encroach on other persons or their property. These two laws would apply to all people, including the government. Thus, there would no longer be eminent domain, which is encroachment. There would no longer be any need for taxes, because the government wouldn’t be in charge of those things that they would have used that money for. The postage rates would be less expensive, because there could be competition. There would be less problems with drugs, because whenever the government tries to deal with moral problems, they just get worse. The government wouldn’t be in charge of that anymore, though really it never was their job; it's the parents responsibility. We wouldn’t have all these problems with the environment anymore, because when people privately own something, they tend to take better care of it than when it belongs to everyone.

These are just a few of the problems that would be solved, and things that would improve, if we were once more under the Common Law. May we strive to turn back to these ways, and make this world a better place in which to live.