Even large birds that, this time of year, hunt for small fish in the lagoons, were kicking back for the moment…
Author: Harvey Radin
Harvey Radin is former senior vice president in charge of corporate communications and media relations, Bank of America Western Region. He makes his home in Redwood City, CA.
HMPRESENTLY: That’s Communication, for You
Let’s use the word — ‘clarifying’ — as an adjective to describe communication…
HMPRESENTLY: Corporate Hippies I’ve Known
His hair was pretty long, as I recall – this was back in the late, swinging 60s of the cultural revolution – and his attire wasn’t at all corporate…
HMPRESENTLY: Thinking About Their Better Angels
“So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed….”
HMPRESENTLY: If I Ruffle His Feathers Again, Will Donald Trump, At Last, Insult Me?
Didn’t he mock Pete Buttigieg, who’s now the nation’s Secretary of Transportation, by nicknaming him ‘Alfred E. Neuman’…?
HMPRESENTLY: Just Be Cool and Quit Messing Around, Says God
“You shall have no other gods before Me.” Maybe you’ve let that one, in the Ten Commandments, slide?…
HMPRESENTLY: Why Rudy?
But I keep wondering if other people applied for the job?…
HMPRESENTLY: My Mind’s Eye
There’s this guy, with his back to us, who, in my mind’s eye, isn’t wearing a mask…
HMPRESENTLY: Spin or Consequences?
There is another kind of spin, that’s also full of BS, that’s not so innocent…
HMPRESENTLY: In the Same Boat, Finney & Me
Michael Finney, who delves into consumer issues during his ABC-TV ‘7 On Your Side’ telecasts, is an institution, out here in the San Francisco Bay Area…
HMPRESENTLY: What an Art… Switching Their Persona, on a Dime…
General Russel L. Honore, in the news discussing Hurricane Ida recovery efforts in Louisiana, brought to mind other people I’ve known…
HMPRESENTLY: And So It Goes…
On TV a couple of days ago, an architect and a filmmaker couple, in Vermont, were preparing food an age-old Peruvian way…
HMPRESENTLY: If We Could Just Tune In…
My inner voice was swearing like a sailor…
HMPRESENTLY: Your Neighbor, the LLC
If you’re thinking this smacks of the short-term rental business model, or the timeshares business model, the startup’s founders would disagree…
HMPRESENTLY: Obsessing Over Words
But there were some words in the media, recently, that seemed just about right, considering the current state of politics…
HMPRESENTLY: There’s Fish to Fry
So, just like that, things can change, and you discover how fragile a community’s character can be…
HMPRESENTLY: Wood Shop Memories
And after shaping that wood into what was gradually becoming a bowl, I can remember using various other tools, and sandpaper…
HMPRESENTLY: From Really Bad to Something Better? Or…
In the sci-fi novel, people seeking relief from sizzling-hot weather, jump into a lake, only to be parboiled, as the lake overheats…