From Cairo to Santa Fe
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Defying Tedium
How are you coping these days, my friends? Due to COVID-19, everyone I know is engaged in some sort of intense examination of our world, a questioning of self and…
Happy Birthday. Really.
My mortgage company sent me a “happy birthday” email on Saturday. “Celebrating You Is Important,” said the headline. “We couldn't let your special day pass without celebrating this important occasion,”…
Woke
I’ve been having some hard nights, the kind where even though you don’t lie down until you’re really tired, you can’t sleep, and your mind starts the full life review…
Indulging on Memory Lane
I’ve been taking a trip down Memory Lane this week. I received a package from an old friend, a man who was on the faculty of University of North Texas…
Beyond the Twinkie Defense
Remember the “Twinkie Defense?”* It has become a catch-all phrase for any spurious excuse for doing something awful. Who didn't love them? When I verbally assaulted some tourists on Santa…
I’m Famous! (Not. But making public appearances.)
Hi, friends, I wanted to let you know about two public "appearances" I'll be making, one on the radio and one on a Zoom event, coming up soon: On Sunday,…
Happy Fourth of July!
As a child, the Fourth of July was always a fun holiday: sparklers, hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill, potato salad, ice cream, and fireworks shows on the flight…
Chosen Family Values
It’s been a week since I posted, and so much has happened. Our world is quaking on so many levels: COVID-19 continues to threaten us; protests continue to be mounted…
Vaccine, Anyone?
At the grocery store the other day I chatted with the cashier as he rang up my purchases. He already had disinfected the moving belt at his checkout station, he…