New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day. Best holiday of the year coming up. A chance to thoughtfully ponder one passage of time and eagerly anticipate the next with all of the...
It is so hard to write about regular stuff anymore. I want to, most of my life is still comprised of that regular stuff. But if my country is increasingly unrecognizable,...
…south from Northome on Highway 71 about six miles, turn right on a gravel road, every year feeling a tingle of anticipation, another mile and a half and there it is,...
Time for the grand summer blog post…or two. True, summer’s not officially over, but the temperature has dropped two, three degrees and I’m hopeful. Summer of 2025. Highlights. Scott visits. Steve...
As you all know, I am not a fan of New Mexico weather, being a pluviophile, one who loves rain and feels at their best on rainy days. But it’s not...
About not being pathetic. Stay busy…a little too busy. Here’s where I am with that. In a discussion with myself about what causes/activities arouse my slumbering do-gooder passions enough to actually...
Just exactly how are we supposed to maintain a foothold in what should be a better-cherished state of ordinariness? I thought it would be possible to dwell on the news-of-the-world part...
Minnesota state representative, Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in the early hours of Saturday morning by a devout gun-toting, card-carrying MAGA Christian. This photo is from a site called...
Panicked after the inauguration, I read and wrote in my journal for many hours of the tropical nights at my son’s house on a small island in the South China Sea....