Santa in the Hoosegow
Christmas 2019 One of my all-time favorite tele-visual feasts at Christmastime is Episode #10 of Season 1 of Early Edition. This vintage...
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Dec 22, 2019
The Bishop's Wife
Christmas 2019 Western Gifts from Writers These literary gifts are from writers of Western Civilization, but not necessarily from writers...
Dec 21, 2019
Light in the Darkness
21 December 2019 Solstice Saturday Light in the Darkness I am thinking today of a girl whom I knew, or thought I knew, as a child. She...
Dec 1, 2019
Heroes in Action
December 2019 He did not believe in me, but he did not believe in many things. Perhaps he’d once believed in hard work, but only because...
Nov 25, 2019
Hairy Scary
25 November 2019 This morning I decided to search online for instructions on creating a French twist. Yikes! There are portions of entire...
Nov 1, 2019
Life in Wartime
November 2019 Decades ago, during my single years, I routinely attended an aerobics class led by a gal who became a good friend. This...
Oct 31, 2019
Montaigne: Des Cannibales
Halloween 2019 They just don’t do cannibalism like they used to! Such was my response after reading “Des Cannibales,” Of Cannibals, the...
Oct 31, 2019
They Died With Their Boots On
Halloween 2019 The spirit of the American West was not risk-averse. It hungered for danger, in a way that 21st-century Americans can only...
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...
Oct 17, 2019
Working Notes - Locked Horns
Thursday, 17 October 2019 I tried yesterday to start inputting onto my laptop my pen-scrawled French translation of the second half of...
Oct 12, 2019
Elizabethan Verse
Columbus Day 2019 I heartily enjoy Elizabethan verse, although many people do not. I’d even considered creating a Great Books library...
Sep 27, 2019
An Ode to Uno
27 September 2019 This post is not a poem or even a song, but an outpouring of a grateful heart which is, in its highest sense, a poem or...
Sep 10, 2019
The Hessians Have Arrived - The Revolution at Last
10 September 2019 On the eve of 9/11, I offer a prayer to the Almighty for all who suffered and who suffer still because of evil and its...
Sep 1, 2019
Slap Happy
September 2019 I wonder if the touchy-feely alarmists ought to be treated for the heartbreak of psoriasis. They are so thin-skinned and...
Aug 21, 2019
Bridget Memories
21 August 2019 Yesterday, almost accidentally, I found the Bridget Fabrics: layers cakes and charm packs and jelly rolls from The Fat...
Aug 9, 2019
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo: Treasure Island
May 2019 The X Marks the Spot The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo: Treasure Island (Adapted for Television by Walter Black) A Book Review...
Aug 5, 2019
The Cookie Re-Crumbled
August 2019 Update The decade’s end is approaching, and I see no sign in sight of the advertising geniuses having re-built that span...
Aug 1, 2019
Disney on Strike! Part II
August 2019 The Wonderful World Beyond Disney: by Ronald Milligan After the Walt Disney Strike of 1941, things were never the same for...
Jul 17, 2019
The Big Pavelski
17 July 2019 Little Joe, the Big Pavelski, the Captain, the guy with the Doritos-Sunkissed-Beard. The names are many, but the most...
Jul 15, 2019
The Summer Garden
Summer 2019 It holds secrets all its own, no matter where the botanic creation thrives. The concept is the same, no matter where the...
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