I had the privilege of being taken on a tour of the Naval Academy in the summer of 1998 by a friend who was at the time an instructor there. It is a beautiful and inspiring place of elegant old buildings and rich traditions. We saw the reverent tomb of John Paul Jones. [...]
Friday, June 20 found me at the Eagle River campground (across the river from my neighborhood, a fuel saving measure) turning foil dinners over a roaring camp fire. We’ve had a cold summer with brief glimpses of sunshine peaking through here and there. But last Friday, come sunshine or rain, we were committed to [...]
I’ve grown bored with talk radio. This is a troubling development since Praeger et. al. sometimes feed my writing habit. However my boredom has led to an enormously satisfying and probably more useful substitute. I listen to talk radio on the way to work and listen to books on the way home.
Except when [...]
In January of 2007 while sitting in the L.A. airport on my way to Mexico I bit into a too solid piece of Riesen chocolate caramel and broke a tooth. I was stunned. It was a colossal aggravation. A stupid mistake had ruined a perfectly good tooth. I hesitated to get it replaced with an [...]
Another anniversary: one year and a few days ago I started radiation and chemotherapy treatment for a stage IV tumor in my tongue.
A couple of days ago I went to the dentist. Dental visits are always nerve wracking but they’ve taken on new gravity for me. Radiation has impaired the function [...]
Once again, my favorite writer has said it so well, I can only direct you to his website to express my own gut feeling.
For some the ultimate answer to the world’s problems: few people, few children of God. To some the best of all world’s is one that is carefully culled and [...]