Sharp As A Blunt Tack
Grandma Most of us liked old folks well enough when we were kids; they seemed [...]
The Waterbeds Of Doom
It's finished. Empires rose and fell in the meantime, dreams were hatched and dashed, and [...]
Climbing Yosemite
It started with the taxes, of course, as most of my annual bouts of aggravation [...]
From Here To Eternity
That was some compelling ad copy on the plastic Palmolive dish detergent bottle. It was [...]
Springtime With The Windowsons
The Windowsons I always have a reality show going on right outside my writing-room window, [...]
Dagnabbit
Othniel. Here's how old I am. We had brontosauruses when I was a kid. Then [...]
The Loaner Dog
My presidential aspirations were shot years ago because of some photographic evidence that doesn't play [...]
Deuteronomy As I Would Deuter Unto You
Everyone's talking about religious freedom, which doesn't mean what it used to mean. It means [...]
Getting A Second Shot
So, after writing about the Dalai Lama, and his seven centuries of intimate ancestry (it's [...]
Version 14.0
It's always something with China and Tibet. China wants to control Tibet but Tibetans have [...]
A Murder Mystery
Dave and I hadn't been on our hike five minutes before we came upon a [...]
Oh, Snap!
You always do a real good job of brushing your teeth right before you go [...]
Whither The Weather
This should all be white. Not just Dave. Well, it's winter. The hiking possibilities on [...]
In Other Words
We are all of us poetic souls at heart, and given to abstraction. And that [...]
The Pilgrims’ Beavers
I'm reading a book right now that claims that no one would ever have heard [...]