Surviving the Crazy Twins

My struggle with the crazy twins that haunt me: Bipolar Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease.
Trump and The Wall:  smart like a fox?

Trump and The Wall: smart like a fox?

Or dumb as a stump? At the library where I blog, there’s a table displaying IRS information booklets.  An ever present reminder that tax season is, alas, upon us. But in addition to the booklets, there was, up until a few days ago, a sign declaring that...
The Decline And Fall

The Decline And Fall

North To Alaska!  I’m goin’ north, the rush is on. In fall of 1975, after graduating from CU Boulder with a European history degree, I headed North to Alaska to find my fortune. An intrepid friend of mine, Jimmy Gray, had done it.  A few years before,...
A War Like All Others.

A War Like All Others.

Those Who Can’t Learn From History, Are Condemned To Repeat It.  But Why? An old friend and I are planning a cruise to the Aegean islands this spring. I’ve known Dean for decades.  First, back in the ’80’s, when we were brought together by our...