Roy Scarbrough Beautiful, and beautiful cover art

E. Writer Thank you ☕

E. Writer You will love these. Aerogarden, just went out of business but they have so many new hydroponic brands on the market. I have 7 hydroponic planters

Vanessa Marie I bought you one a few years ago 😂

E. Writer I know, that was my first one. That was the one that got me started on Hydroponic gardens. I bought my 6 more after that. So I had the hydroponic gardens in the winter and my outdoor ones spring to fall.

Vanessa Marie After going to war with fungus and drain gnats last Summer, I'm afraid to have anything in the house. As much as I love plants and flowers, I haven't picked up any new ones.

E. Writer I have been fortunate not to have any issues with plants in the house. We did get spidermites one year on our veggies, but it only affects the plants and are not a nuisance to us. I dumped the plants. This was about three or four years ago.

Roy Scarbrough I used to grow vegetables.

E. Writer I have to trap abd take those racoobs somewhere before spring

Roy Scarbrough I can answer that! No, Machiavelli was not so bad. He faithfully served the Florentine Republic as a diplomat in a position that would be the equivalent to a combined secretary of state and defense, as long as Florence was republic, and until it fell, after he did everything he could to preserve it. He wrote a treatise on the advantages of living in a republic and governing one. He wrote poetry, funny stories and plays.

After the republic fell he was arrested and tortured by the new regime. The torture was used to extract a confession that he was part of a plot depose the new autocratic regime, He did not break so he was released and he retreated to the countryside with his family and worked a small farm,


He missed the life of statecraft, so he began to apply his wits to securing a high government position in the new regime. It was during this time he wrote "The Prince" a learned manual for dictators. He dedicated the work to the new Duke, and sent him a copy hoping that he would be appointed as a advisor to the new regime.

No luck, the "The Prince" eventually became is best known work, and famous for it's evil strategies for maintaining power. It did't work. He did not get the appointment he had been hoping for.

Roy Scarbrough Congratulations for your appearance in this journal.

E. Writer The only thing I know about Machiavelli is his work in that book. Now tthere's The 48 Laws of Power in its place.

E. Writer Thank you.. This is a great philosophy journal. I read it all the time and even referenced an old article from an old 2009 article in my book.

Roy Scarbrough I'm comforted by the presence of animals. When I'm paying attention to them, I'm not doom scrolling or thinking about the crazy ass people dismantling our republic.

E. Writer Me too. I love animals, especially cats. I'm avoiding politics as much as I can.