September 1, 2019 Carmel Valley, CA . . . At 81 years of age, I can tell I am getting more mature (that’s “older” to those of you who demand concrete reality). How can I tell? Today I bought a small bag of potting soil and two packets of flower seeds. I’m going to try… continue reading »
Hello, classmates and other friends. How’ve your last eight months been? I’ve been cleaning, restoring, and selling what for twelve years was my home and office: a sprightly ocean cruiser sailboat named Wild Goose. Since I don’t multi-task while writing, but focus on the writing almost exclusively, I’ve not been writing. Rather, just watching the… continue reading »
I’ve been thinking, and that’s always a dangerous occupation. Note Mr. Trump’s recent experience with it: he sees four off-white ladies’ faces in congress and Tweets they should return to their own countries instead of criticizing America. The problem: three of them were born in America, and one is a fully naturalized citizen. So we… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER New Words for Our Dictionary (NOUN) TRUMPISTRY. The conspiratorial behavior of an autocratic leader traitorously currying the favor and alliance of other despotic leaders to personally benefit all of them by jointly consolidating their power over the citizens they are pledged to protect. (VERBS) TO TRUMPIFY. To act in multitudinous ways to… continue reading »
The Italian poet Dante called the shenanigans of the human race The Divine Comedy. I question that idea; humans are far more devious than divine in my opinion. They absolutely excel in collectively shooting themselves in the foot. Recently, I’ve been moving from one living place to another, which has kept me busy, but I… continue reading »
