Blind Faith

Blind Faith

We’re still here. We’re mostly staying home but we’re starting to venture out into what I’ve come to call “the fray,” doing what we hope will keep us safe. We’re running on blind faith which means believing in something without evidence or proof. Believing in...
TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER

TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER

The following is a true story. It was 1957, I was eight,when my father showed me a rectangular card with blue and silver graphics of two astronauts in spacesuits and helmets. They were holding oxygen tanks, walking on a white surface in boxy-looking yellow boots....
THE BIG WHINE

THE BIG WHINE

MY WEEKLY BLOG THE BIG WHINE I woke up yesterday filled with dread. Maybe it was a bad dream. I shouldn’t have watched Queen of the South before bed. Too violent. Or maybe it was just everything that’s going on. A virus. Protests. Innocent people dying and...
Changing Forward

Changing Forward

Life feels like it has no beginning, middle or end these days. It’s more like a steady stream of strange events, one bleeding into the other, with no indication of what’s coming next. I keep wondering when things will change back, but maybe that’s the wrong...