My wife and oldest daughter are playing cribbage at the dinning room table with the dog napping in the corner nearby. My youngest daughter is poking away on her laptop while our two grandsons are … [Read more...]
Solipsism
Economists don’t measure costs in the Gross National Product formula. Only growth. Any action, behavior, or labor within any relationship, organization, or community has a corresponding cost to it’s … [Read more...]
19 and 97
I was on vacation and didn’t want to read about Joe Manchin assisting our mass suicide by killing climate change legislation. I didn’t want to read about Russian brutality in Ukraine, nor the systemic … [Read more...]
Hey, what are all these people doing here?
I never lived in a vacation destination before. Geneva is rocking. Have you looked into a local hotel lately -- just one of the standard ones, not a boutique inn or anything. The hotels must be … [Read more...]
Blowing in the wind
“I am not flying the flag this year” he said, scrunching up his face as from a bad smell. “We just can’t...” she finished, or something like it. It surprised me. A dozen years my senior, they are … [Read more...]
On the porch with the dog
Here is the problem. It is Monday morning and a sunny sixty-nine degrees. A fresh westerly breeze is sweeping my plant-and-flower-surround porch where I am writing. Dog Rabia, is asleep within the … [Read more...]
Miraculous Water
I went on a brief fishing trip last week. Even just two days on the water was restorative. Something about water seeps inside to open the mind to speak more freely with the soul. Even just sitting on … [Read more...]
Those old demons
If the Uvalde school shooting would have happened in ancient times they would have said the shooter was possessed by a demon. They probably would have said, after Uvalde and Buffalo and Sandy Hook and … [Read more...]
Looking Small
I have a confession to make. It is a little untoward to spill it here rather than in a dark booth to someone whose confidentiality is beyond reproach. So I hope you will be gentle and kind with my … [Read more...]
False Grief
On July 4, 1776 the American Colonies declared their independence from the British Crown. Sometime in late August or early September King George received it. The Crown’s official response was dated, … [Read more...]
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