4 December 2020 The Day of Deliverance, arrives, at last, enfin en France, first in Provence, and, then, within a mere matter of days, in...

December 2020 Recently, I received promotional materials from The Colonel, Colonel Littleton in Tennessee. I was stunned at the savvy...

November’s End 2020 Last evening, I was engaged in multi-tasking amidst my translation of Chapter 91 of THE DAWN into L’AUBE. I’m coming...

Late November 2020 There is something to be said for packing up most of your Stuff, putting it into Storage for three years, and then...

Sunday 15 November 2020 It’s a way of life now in the USA — delayed gratification! I am trying to make it work to my advantage. Last...

Mid-November 2020 Once in every life, someone comes along, and the life of each someone is changed, somehow, forever. I have been blessed...

November 2020 Despite my dislike of the music of the 1970s, I occasionally find a nugget or two, mostly among the country-music...

November 2020 There are times when I must defy myself, or else strive to follow my own rules. My free-speech refusal to accept the...

Halloween 2020 There are times during these tumultuous times when I feel, and re-experience, the horrid days of my life, my very young...

October 2020 I used to associate with swamp creatures, without knowing they were swamp creatures, mostly because the term had not yet...

11 October 2020 No, I am not leaving California. This essay addresses the many many people who have left California. I have known more...

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,...

November 2020 Moving into my Dream House has occurred in phases. During the initial phase of unpacking the first phase (of many) of the...

October 2020 In 1936, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, a song called “Smoke Dreams” was featured in the highly enjoyable, highly...

Late September 2020 La Résistance is the term that was used most accurately, historically and fundamentally for the covert internal fight...

Autumn 2020 I try to make Sunday a day of rest, the Lord’s day of rest, and I usually follow my own rule. Having grown up in a little...

Summer’s End 2020 This ship has sailed! The Book Reports section of my website is now officially closed, and joyfully so. I am much more...

8 September 2020 Yesterday, I observed Labor Day in the USA by working — on the translation of Chapter 77 of THE DAWN into L’AUBE. I’d...

September 2020 Gabrielle is the Home-Cat now, in the new house called Larkhaven. After her release from 10 days of spacious...

September 2020 King Lear: The Lost Story of The Lost Scene During my first semester back-at-school, that would be Sac State of the...