“i should be writing,” i keep telling myself. instead i sit here at my computer listening to the washing machine beat the crap out of the bed linen. stumped for a subject, something not political, i surrender to my baser needs and wander down my hallway to make myself a sandwich; bologna and pepper jack…

It was an early Monday morning, around three or so, when a man came into the air base’s emergency room, doubled over in pain. I was working the intake desk as well as assisting in medical situations when needed. “I am so badly constipated, I can’t stand up,” he complained. As I scribbled down his…

We had only recently moved to Klamath, California in 1964, coming from Mather Air Force Base, in Sacramento. My family arrived following the devastating tsunami that slammed into the North Coast, but before the massive flooding caused by endless days of rain along the coast and foot-after-foot of snowfall in the mountains. It was either late…

hard times create strong men should they stand beside you respect them — strong men make good seasons good seasons bring on softness softness develops weak men protect them — when they stand behind you weak men beget hard times should they stand against you defeat them — hard times make strong men

A large number of Black candidates claimed victory in yesterday’s state and local elections across the country. The media portends these results are a reaction to President Trump and Republican policies in general. But this isn’t true… Prior to 1964 there were very few Black people in the Democratic party. After 1964, the Democratic party…

It was in November 2011 when I first read a comment about a connection between Harvey Weinstein and the 2010 murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen. I went back and sought that thread out. From DataLounge.com, dated November 28, 2011: “I found this posted in a comment on a deadline.com article. We have reason to believe that Ms.…

Well, this is no good… Watching a story from Destination Travel about a family whose cabin is besieged by a pack of (were) wolves. So into it, I didn’t know one of our dogs was outside. As l got up to get some ice cream, the dog charged in through the dog door. Scared the…

For more than an hour I sat at the computer, screen blank. Not a word, not a letter, nothing. And I was beyond frustrated. “Writer’s block,” I concluded as I got up and headed for a place I knew would help me get my ‘creative juices’ flowing again – the bathroom. No, not to take…

It was our dog, Buddy, who alerted first. He sprang to his feet and emitted a low growl of warning, which caused me to wake up immediately. “What is it, boy?” I asked stupidly, sleepily. Then I heard it – a small sound, a plunking of an acoustic guitar’s string. “But how?” I thought, knowing…

As I told a friend of mine, “’Adulting’ seems to be getting more and more difficult as we get older.” That’s because another fixture from my childhood has taken up residency in Heaven, as Alice Morgan passed away on October 17, 2017 in Crescent City, California. On September 16, 1931, she was born in the…