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Jul 25, 2021
Jussi Björling
Christmas in July 2021 During the past week, I was immersed in reading La Nilsson, My Life in Opera. The English language translation...
Oct 4, 2020
The Shut Your Mouth Event
Autumn 2020 Last night I started to translate the beginning of Book 6, La Résistance, Chapter 81 of THE DAWN. It had been a busy day,...
Oct 19, 2019
Grid Blackouts - Imagine It’s All Connected
October 2019 Growing up in New Jersey, I departed at a young age from that state with the conclusion that corruption between politicians...
Jul 5, 2019
At Last - 4 July 2019
5 July 2019 My years in Washington, D.C. were wretched ones, highlighted by a half-a-dozen stellar, stalwart individuals whom I...
Apr 1, 2019
The Insular American
The April Fools 2019 This phrase is not mine. I found it in a diatribe posing as a book review on the rain-forest selling platform that...
Feb 3, 2019
The Writer Speaks -The Mists of Time
February 2019 We met in the mists of time, and though he did not see me as clearly as I saw him, he saw me well enough to know that I...
Jan 1, 2019
Gambling for Life
Happy New Year 2019 I don’t go to Reno anymore; I go to Zappos. It’s a pass line bet, each time that I order any pair of shoes or boots...
Nov 15, 2018
The Thing In Itself
November 2018 Semester Slump: The Thing In Itself It has been several years since my Dear Daughter was working mightily to finish her...
Oct 18, 2018
Why Do They Call You Killer?
18 October 2018 The question was simple and direct enough. The answer was not. Sometime during the mid-1980s, my co-worker and friend,...
Oct 15, 2018
Unintentional Training
Mid-October 2018 Coming-of-Age: Unintentional Training Since I am not a morning person, I need to warm up to my first meal of the day....
Aug 15, 2018
Rotary-Dial Thinking
Heatwave 2018 This morning while Dear Husband was out walking the hound, I decided to call him on my Me-Phone. I noticed, as the outgoing...
Aug 1, 2018
Solid as A Rock
Dog Days of Summer 2018 People have asked me at times why the Beagle is my hound-of-choice, my dog-of-preference. I could say things like...
Jul 15, 2018
Music Music Music
July 2018 The promo for NOCTURNE begins: “The worlds of medicine and music collide in NOCTURNE . . .” During an earlier phase of my life,...
Jul 4, 2018
The Square Rigger
July 2018 Ahoy: All Hands on Deck! It’s entirely a matter of speculation, but I highly doubt that Lawrence Kudlow, economist...
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