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I watched a documentary about Arthur Miller on HBO Max last night. I cannot recommend it strongly enough. It was a great overview of one of my favorite writers and a truly great American playwright. I’ve read 4 of his plays: The Crucible, Death of Salesman, All my Sons, and
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Well, it’s Sunday. The first Sunday of the post Trump era. I can’t tell you what a relief for me it has been to know that the traitorous psychopath has been dispatched to the outer darkness of Mar el Lago. I have slept better since Wednesday than I have any
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30 years ago today, I launched off of USS America (CV-66(6) on one of the first missions of Desert Storm. According to my logbook, we got 5 hours airborne flying over Saudi Arabia and looking both into Iraq and into Jordan. America was not flying any strikes that first night
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And 2020 was definitely a year that should be stripped from the history books. The question is, will we remember the things we need to remember? I tend to doubt it. As much as I love Christmas, I have come to hate New Year’s Eve – primarily because I am
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The 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. Today is Armistice Day, Veterans Day, and Remembrance Day. Almost 100 million dead in the Wars of the 20th and 21st centuries-an astounding number. “Either war is finished-or we are.“ I do understand the difference between Veteran’s Day and
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I have not had a “normal” Presidential election since 2000, where coming into November, I did not feel anxiety and fear in the lead up to election day. Especially since 2012, when it became apparent that some 42% of Americans were truly committed to wanton cruelty. 2016 was just sheer
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Today is Labor Day for most of the civilized world. It’s a holiday in many countries, but this year that is pretty much a meaningless concept. The US, of course, wants nothing to do with the stinking commie day. Hence we celebrate an obscure French battle in early May and
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So, by my count, it has been well over 5 months since I posted here. There are a multitude of reasons for it, few of them good, but they were consumers of my time. It has been a busy five months as I was engrossed in a project as well
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The S.O. and I spent a nice holiday weekend away from the grind. In a week I will begin the pilgrimage listed in the last post. These reunions are more than just a chance to eat and drink too much, they are also a spiritual event with (for me anyway)
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And I am back. And now on the other side of the world, living in a new place – back in the Pacific- and galavanting across multiple time zones every month. I loved my time in Europe, but the clock of age stops for no one -and eventually for everyone
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