The couple settled in the charming borough of Beaver, PA, on the banks of the magnificent Ohio River…
Category: Essays/Poetry
HMPRESENTLY: Conversing in a Cockamamie State of Polarization
They’re like pixie dust, in a way… those three related words, all suggesting thoughtful, mutual, even casual talk among folks…
ESSAY: What’s Left of My Home Has Me Rethinking What I Teach, and How
This ‘First Person’ essay by Christie Nold appeared on Chalkbeat.org on November 17, 2021. What’s left of my home has me rethinking what I teach, READ MORE
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Medical Civic Action Project in Nakon Phanom, 1973
Our focus was twofold. First to provide primary care to the children. Second came pregnant women. Treatment for other adults was usually limited to dental care….
HMPRESENTLY: Crazy Woo-Woo, and Common Threads
I have no idea why certain words come to me, usually between three and four in the morning. A friend of ours who’s studied strange phenomena, says it’s ‘woo-woo’…
HMPRESENTLY: One Screwy Thing After Another
I started writing this column, featuring ‘screwy,’ late Wednesday, with something about reality shows in the first draft…
ESSAY: Learning a New Language is Exhausting
They had not yet learned to speak English, making it difficult to learn much in any of their classes…
HMPRESENTLY: Amusingly Whacky TV … and Mightier Pens
I was talked into binge-watching a series of shows on cable TV, featuring totally dysfunctional — totally nuts — characters…
HMPRESENTLY: Neighborhood Vibes
Even large birds that, this time of year, hunt for small fish in the lagoons, were kicking back for the moment…
ESSAY: Wrestling with Infinity
“This is what I do,” he said. “I make stuff. I give it away…”
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…
PHOTO ESSAY: Oh! The Colors We Saw… at Colorfest 2021
The early morning crowd was, again, presented with a tremendous aerial display….
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Searching the Gabby Petito Case
The media trumpeted a “retired Dade County detective”, not involved in the investigation, who publicly criticized the police department in North Port, Florida…
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…
ESSAY: Ideas from ‘The Enlightenment’ Arrive in America
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…
ESSAY: I Voted for Masks in Schools… Then Worried for My Safety
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…
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…