Category: Essays

The media trumpeted a “retired Dade County detective”, not involved in the investigation, who publicly criticized the police department in North Port, Florida…

There’s this guy, with his back to us, who, in my mind’s eye, isn’t wearing a mask…

In his many writings, Hobbes repeatedly affronted the clergy. A bishop accused him of atheism, possibly punishable by death. The allegation subsided, then flared again…

A man in the hall told me to watch my back as I headed back in. I made sure not to walk to my car alone when the meeting ended…

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…

General Russel L. Honore, in the news discussing Hurricane Ida recovery efforts in Louisiana, brought to mind other people I’ve known…

On TV a couple of days ago, an architect and a filmmaker couple, in Vermont, were preparing food an age-old Peruvian way…

My inner voice was swearing like a sailor…

Suddenly I’m curious in a real way. I just turned… 75. There’s a significance to that number that isn’t abstract, and I’m having a hard time ignoring it…

The building was located near the edge of town. The land was likely acquired for free or at a very low price. Prime real estate near the center of town would have been much more expensive…

But there were some words in the media, recently, that seemed just about right, considering the current state of politics…

In the sci-fi novel, people seeking relief from sizzling-hot weather, jump into a lake, only to be parboiled, as the lake overheats…

And the journey begins, when you hear newscasters saying they’ll be back in a moment, after a few words from their sponsors…

I became a teacher because I find it inspiring to be around children who are constantly “freedom dreaming” — imagining and believing in a different world…

When steaks, cheeses, wines, and such, age, they’re supposed to be really good. With age, people may become wiser and, perhaps, more patient, more understanding…

Speaking of messaging, there’s been so much of it about the COVID delta variant, and various other disturbing current events…