My wife was ribbing me the other day about someone’s name I couldn’t remember. It was right there at the tip of my tongue, and, given a month or two, I would have recovered it all on my own. Sadly, now that I’m on the wrong side of 60, these these happen not infrequently. TheContinue reading ““Trivialities””
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“Love What You Hate”
It’s hard to describe the unbridled joy I get from sending an out-of-the-blue book to a friend when it’s one I’m fairly sure they will utterly disdain. We are talking laugh-out-loud funny to picture them (or their spouse!) opening the package to find… wait, what?! You imagine them struggling to explain to their kids, orContinue reading ““Love What You Hate””
“Here Lies Our Democracy”
Despite the worst efforts of Trump/Musk & Co., I remain optimistic that we can and will withstand the onslaught of skullduggery and outright stupidity that defines the current administration. The United States has endured a bloody civil war, the grave injustice of the Jim Crow era, two world wars, the Dust Bowl and Great Depression,Continue reading ““Here Lies Our Democracy””
“Music Everywhere…”
It seems that music underlies most things in this life. Even traffic. I once read that the universe gives off a low hum that corresponds to a Bb note, emanating from a black hole 250 million light years away (but it is inaudible at 57 octaves below middle C). God must play trumpet. And oneContinue reading ““Music Everywhere…””
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