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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
2018 October Eloquence — Robert Burns
Bard of Scotland The Bard of Ayshire, also known as the Bard of Scotland, was born on 25 January 1759 in Alloway, Scotland to William and...
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....
Sep 25, 2018
Think Beyond
Late September 2018 We live in times that feel instantaneous and yet the tempo of our lives is neither faster nor slower than it was for...
Sep 21, 2018
The Gift of Friendship
Autumn 2018 I begin this autumnal essay with a few divine quotes about the nature of friendship. “Friendship is a plant of slow growth...
Sep 16, 2018
Post 9/11 - America on Its Own
16 September 2018 I spent this past Tuesday, 9/11/18, in solemn remembrance of that day. In many ways, the United States are still...
Sep 4, 2018
Instrumental Gems
Labor Day 2018 September Songs: Instrumental Gems As a singer, I can not easily avow that there are some songs that sound much better as...
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 6, 2018
My Naked Feet
August 2018 My Naked Feet: Where Have All the Good Shoes Gone? I have an Egyptian foot. I did not always know that I possess such a...
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...
Aug 1, 2018
The Dawn - 10 Year Anniversary
August 2018 Rule Britannia Vive la France Hooray for the Red, White, and Blue On this ten-year anniversary of when I first began to write...
Jul 16, 2018
The Cookie Crumbles II
July 2018 Update Because of my aversion to Digital Yellow Journalism, I have taken to asking Dear Husband for any crisis updates, news...
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...
Jul 4, 2018
Freedom Rings - The Big Valley!
4 July 2018 The Liberty Bell first rang in America in 1753 in the tower of the State House of Pennsylvania. The bell’s got a crack in it,...
Jun 25, 2018
Prince of Poets: Pierre de Ronsard
Summer Blooms 2018 This French Renaissance poet was deemed by his literary peers to be “the Prince of Poets” or « le prince de poètes »....
Jun 25, 2018
Truth in Advertising - Labels in America
2018 Summer Sale What is it with the American need to label everything, including people? I perhaps defy categorization but it hasn’t...
Jun 24, 2018
The Art of The Letter
Summer (2018) of Love I place great stock upon letter-writing. It’s a joy and a means of confiding to a person outside of myself the...
Jun 1, 2018
Anonymous Was A Woman
June 2018 Anonymous was a woman, and so was I — at least until I left my government job. Back then, I was under-paid and...
Jun 1, 2018
Parting is Not Sweet Sorrow
June 2018 There are times when I must break free from the past in order to create. The impulse, or desire, has, at times, caused more...
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