Category: Essays/Poetry

The day after surgery I was greeted by the nurse I nicknamed “the drill instructor”…

The problem was a sort of mismatch, where the consultants’ perception of whatever they were called upon to weigh in on, and the reality of the business, didn’t quite match up…

But on another Supreme Court ruling, its recent decision against the NCAA, we would totally agree…

To me, she was viewing the world with amazement, through her camera, similar to when a child sees the world the first time…

My oldest son, growing up, wrote stories every free moment he had. He has wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember…

Just hearing the news, these days, can make you mighty cynical. So, when there’s a little ‘goodness’, how good that is!

To help more students like me get to college, look beyond education policy…

Paunch… or Belly fat… whatever you choose to call it… I’ve got some of that, even though I walk a lot and ride a bike…

In several dictionaries, ‘Gadzooks’ is defined as a mild oath. But in at least one dictionary, it’s “an explanation of surprise”…

As a former President, citizen Trump is sending out “occasional” press releases, but they “rarely are going viral…”

You can spend your whole adult life and career working at shaping opinion, without really knowing, for sure, if you’re succeeding…

When I die, spread my ashes on this land; and when you hear the wind gently blowing through the pines, it is my voice, singing to you from afar…

One was carrying an Amazon package and said, “I’d be rich if my wife quit ordering from Amazon!”…

Another email, starting out with “Dear User,” said I have some “Annual plan” that I do not have. And that I could click on a tab in the email, or call, to check billing information for the phantom plan…

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, was on TV the other day, with words about the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party, too…