Archive - Personal/Collective

Escape from Western culture

Jun 24 •

April 2025

Succoring Metamorphosis

Memories of the war, the visions of death, loss and destruction hung with him like a wet shirt chilling his skin.

Apr 24 •

March 2025

The Fourth Quarter is here

Some time in 1973 I finished my last college class for the day and went to the bar.

Mar 23 •

February 2025

Becoming gun evident

A commonplace saying for anarchists is an armed populace would be difficult to subdue.

Feb 17 •

January 2025

I wish I would live long enough to see your downfall.

Jan 10 •

November 2024

The lure of ink

A poll — as far as I know — has never been taken asking: How many of those voters with tattoos voted for Trump?

Nov 22, 2024 •

September 2024

I'm sorry, I'm educated

Some opinion molders in the political realm like to think their columns have an effect on public perceptions.

Sep 3, 2024 •

August 2024

Befriending Muscovies

I saw him as I walked into my house.

Aug 1, 2024 •

May 2024

Same old reason — wanting to be heard

As someone who has participated in demonstrations — against the Vietnam War in the late '60s and protesting the Wolf Creek (Kansas) nuclear plant in the…

May 4, 2024 •

April 2024

Ain't No Jazz in Kansas City

Good story, fiction, available at Amazon

Apr 26, 2024 •

March 2024

Poll worker bliss

While others display their punditry and regurgitate their opinions concerning the recent presidential primaries, I (and others) presented a more…

Mar 21, 2024 •

February 2024

Fear and contempt

The round and round of history repeating

Feb 23, 2024 •

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