Sway
Autumnal Equinox 2023 Sway Written as ¿Quién será? by Luis Demetrio and Pablo Beltran Ruiz; English lyrics by Norman Gimbel; revisions by...
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- Sep 1
Past Lives
September 2023 “You didn’t know me before you met me.” I made that comment to Dear Husband this afternoon, and he said, “It’s a good one:...
- Apr 7
The Penstocks of Life
Good Friday 2023 A penstock at a hydroelectric dam, such as Pine Flat on the Kings River in Fresno County, California, is a massive...
- Aug 1, 2022
Wooly Bully
Summer 2022 Here’s some music destined to make you smile! I vividly recall this song being played during my childhood at the boardwalk in...
- Jul 2, 2022
Freedom Unmasked
2 July 2020 Yesterday, I was working on my laptop, quite happily I might add, working on the translation of Chapter 74 of THE DAWN into...
- Sep 20, 2021
Reaching . . .
Summer’s End 2021 About ten years ago, during the hot dry summer month of August, I was seated in a waiting room for a dental appointment...
- Aug 1, 2021
The Golden Steer
August 2021 I learned a lot about life and business and corruption, and taking flight from the seedier side of life, during the summer...
- Jul 25, 2021
Jussi Björling
Christmas in July 2021 During the past week, I was immersed in reading La Nilsson, My Life in Opera. The English language translation...
- Oct 4, 2020
The Shut Your Mouth Event
Autumn 2020 Last night I started to translate the beginning of Book 6, La Résistance, Chapter 81 of THE DAWN. It had been a busy day,...
- Oct 19, 2019
Grid Blackouts - Imagine It’s All Connected
October 2019 Growing up in New Jersey, I departed at a young age from that state with the conclusion that corruption between politicians...
- Jul 5, 2019
At Last - 4 July 2019
5 July 2019 My years in Washington, D.C. were wretched ones, highlighted by a half-a-dozen stellar, stalwart individuals whom I...
- Apr 1, 2019
The Insular American
The April Fools 2019 This phrase is not mine. I found it in a diatribe posing as a book review on the rain-forest selling platform that...
- Feb 3, 2019
The Writer Speaks -The Mists of Time
February 2019 We met in the mists of time, and though he did not see me as clearly as I saw him, he saw me well enough to know that I...
- Jan 1, 2019
Gambling for Life
Happy New Year 2019 I don’t go to Reno anymore; I go to Zappos. It’s a pass line bet, each time that I order any pair of shoes or boots...
- Nov 15, 2018
The Thing In Itself
November 2018 Semester Slump: The Thing In Itself It has been several years since my Dear Daughter was working mightily to finish her...
- Oct 15, 2018
Unintentional Training
Mid-October 2018 Coming-of-Age: Unintentional Training Since I am not a morning person, I need to warm up to my first meal of the day....
- Aug 15, 2018
Rotary-Dial Thinking
Heatwave 2018 This morning while Dear Husband was out walking the hound, I decided to call him on my Me-Phone. I noticed, as the outgoing...
- Aug 1, 2018
Solid as A Rock
Dog Days of Summer 2018 People have asked me at times why the Beagle is my hound-of-choice, my dog-of-preference. I could say things like...
- Jul 15, 2018
Music Music Music
July 2018 The promo for NOCTURNE begins: “The worlds of medicine and music collide in NOCTURNE . . .” During an earlier phase of my life,...
- Jul 4, 2018
The Square Rigger
July 2018 Ahoy: All Hands on Deck! It’s entirely a matter of speculation, but I highly doubt that Lawrence Kudlow, economist...
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