Curations from the Human Jungle
[Once again, a nation turns it's weary eyes towards beer. Beer is the beverage of moderation, of unification. When President Obama got Henry Louis Gates together with the cop who arrested him for breaking into his own house, what did he serve? Beer? What beverage was it that convinced Man the Hunter-Gatherer to become Man... Continue Reading →
[This is a gut punch. Actually, more of a gut pummeling, as things have changed on so many levels ... Aretha, the Obamas, the Kennedy Center, PBS. And in their place. Oh, just watch this and enjoy. SB SM] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efIAM5dzuDs&list=RDanrL_xCLnfo&index=17
[Thank you, Silverback Lawrence (Corn Belt SBs) for this referral. It comes via the Good News Network. With all the investment capital and human brainpower being directed towards AI, I think we will be better served to look further back in nature to better understand the capabilities and potentials of our own brainpower developed. SB... Continue Reading →
[Binge away! This is a very thought-provoking essay from one of my favorite Substackers, Ted Gioia. So much of the reality that we were fed in our formative years has come unraveled in recent decades. What's up and what's down? What's good and what's bad? Where does our moral compass point? These are no longer... Continue Reading →
[As the hair on our collective backs becomes evermore silver, we cling to the scraps of our former imagined glory, such as this memory from the Randolph, Vermont Men's Softball League, circa 1982. SB SM] https://silverbackdigest.com/2023/06/10/or-why-i-am-against-banning-the-shift/ [We, "we" being Silverbelle Sandy and myself, were eating breakfast this morning while watching Morning Joe on MS-NBC when... Continue Reading →
[Silverback J of the Mendocino Bonobos has contributed some epic yarns to Silverback Digest over the year, although we haven't heard from recently. This story is set against a dramatic backdrop of slow pitch softball, so often a world where the raw emotions of the male of the species simmer just beneath the placid waters... Continue Reading →
[Shit! We don't even have the climate under control and now this. Even worse, our President has thoroughly pissed off the most water-rich nation on earth, Canada. SB SM] Sara Hashemi January 23, 2026 https://www.smithsonianmag.com United Nations Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ We’re living beyond our hydrological means... Continue Reading →
[I always thought it would be romantic to have a wild fling with a Bohemian Silverbelle in an anonymous place, but this picture of Patti Smith in her room at the Chelsea Hotel squelched that. When I look at this this photo, all I can think of is ... bedbugs! SB SM] https://medium.com/@bagelboy/make-america-bohemian-again-de846e35d757 Patti Smith... Continue Reading →
The Outside Story By Maggie Weng Like any good animal, we sense the change of seasons through a hundred subtle clues. Leaves change and shed, becoming crispy piles underfoot. Geese cross the bright sky. Other signs of winter are harder to define: the morning chill deepens its bite, the afternoon light becomes pale. Although we... Continue Reading →
[Silverbelle Mary ('Belles of Bethel) brought this to our attention. The English language can be very complicated, especially compared the language of gorillas which consists of but a single word (oo-oo) that can be used to communicate anything. SB SM] The Most Complicated Word in English Is Only Three Letters Long By Brandon Specktor Updated on Aug.... Continue Reading →