At last
I may not agree with many of Mike Huckabee’s positions, but he is the first Republican who I have heard take a stand against the absurd and lunatic attacks by…
Poetry collection continued
Thanks so much for the gracious response to the first poem posted yesterday. Your emails, comments and Facebook messages were much appreciated. Here’s another, completely the opposite of yesterday’s short…
Zelda fangirl
The Legend of Zelda is more than 25 years old. In honor of the iconic video game, I offer this brief anecdote: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons…
Freeze
This is my daughter, wearing my wife’s hat and exceedingly pleased about it. It’s official. I’d like to to freeze her age. I’m sure that I’ll enjoy subsequent years a…
Which honk is the right honk?
The traffic light changes to green. The car in front of me does not move. I’m not angry or even annoyed. This can happen to anybody. I just want him…
My stock tip of the day
I don’t watch the Oscars, and I very much wanted a Twitter application last night that would block any tweet containing the word Oscar, but it’s worth noting that although…
A literary reference fifteen years in the making
In 1997 I took an English class that featured the writing of Anne Askew, a sixteenth century English poet who was persecuted as a heretic. She is the only woman…
Sexist pig ladies
Madeline Albright on being a female Secretary of State and a diplomat: “There is a great advantage to being a woman. I think we are better at personal relationships and…
My future poetry collection begins here
I’m thinking of assembling the poems that I have written over the years into a collection that my agent can then sell for millions of dollars because poetry is super…
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