

Have you done your homework?
As I get older, now approaching seventy, I often think that the older I get, the less I know for sure. While one aspect of this is that...


Fact or Fiction. Who do you trust?
Let me start by asking you a couple of questions. How many children do you have? How many grandchildren? Do you think that they are...


REMEMBER BENGHAZI
I know that the writing of this blog will cost me, probably, a sister, and several friends that I love genuinely. However, there comes a...


A Living Metaphor
When I was about ten years old my brother, Steve, and I rode the train with our father to Chicago for a Sunday doubleheader between my...


Chemtrails over Marcola
The above photo was recently pulled by Facebook, likely because I used the word "chemtrails." This is, I believe, evidence that they are...


Politics and Magical Thinking.
This is a view of Varanasi in India, a city of a million or more people. Mark Twain, it is said, considered it one of the oldest cities...
Another Slap!
Here I am embarassed once again by my fellow Americans. Here are a few things that are troubling me today, and not in any particular...
Wake Up Call
Six years ago on this date, our house was broken into. Two people were in our house long enough to go through old, very personal letters...


Oregon Gran Fondo 2016
Here are some things I learned from another gran fondo, this time more about myself than others, as it should be: 1. I have talked in the...