Archive - Personal/Collective

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 •

February 2024

Fear and contempt

The round and round of history repeating

Feb 23 •

January 2024

(chapter from a future novel)

Jan 31 •

Searching for a reason

Calling America a democracy is debatable

Jan 12 •

November 2023

Where's my grievance-drenched rally?

The assumption was I would be around intelligent people. That was the main reason I paid a sum worth an upscale dinner to be a part of a recent…

Nov 17, 2023 •

October 2023

Denying omniscience

Spend a couple of hours reading The New York Times and a deflation is in order. A hissing of an escape valve distracting from earthly impotence is…

Oct 23, 2023 •

(a short story)

Oct 16, 2023 •

September 2023

Ain't No Jazz in Kansas City

(Excerpt from a completed novel)

Sep 4, 2023 •

August 2023

Ongoing question

I have often wondered if disappointment in ourselves, especially in how we treat each other, the earth, and other species inhabitants of this sphere we…

Aug 24, 2023 •

June 2023

Trying to be pansophic

Many people reach a point in their life where they run through a list of things they've learned. It rarely happens when you're young, you're too busy…

Jun 26, 2023 •

Not All That Surprising

America's divide is new, yet it isn't.

Jun 12, 2023 •

May 2023

(a short story)

May 28, 2023 •

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