Letting it Fly Again
The Revolutionary War. Slavery. The Civil War, Reconstrution, Suffrage, two World Wars, the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam, the Cold War,...
Counting Sunny Hours
Listen for the music A natural rhythm of Metal, petal The chime and the buzz
Too Cool
Come on, man. How does it get any cooler than this? Happy birthday, Miles.
Happy Pudge Day!
Big day. Earth Day…yes. Record Store Day…you bet. Anna’s UC water polo team playing in the CWPA tournament at Notre Dame…yep. And we’re...
Double the Fun
Serendipity. When things or people – for some unexplained and unexpected reason – just come together. I met D2 at Xavier University in...
Happy Re-Birthday to me!
March 8, 2017. Examination room, doctor’s office. My heart moves like a fat dude on a dance floor. No rhythm, man. No rhythm. But I’m...
Keep Moving Forward
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving...
Making Peace
Ours has been an adversarial relationship, at best. For nearly thirty years, we have depended on each other while poking the bear – you...
Being a Humanitarian
Look at these photographs. What do you see? A threat to national security, or A human being in need? A future jihadist, or A future...
A Plea for Education
I’ve traveled much of this country in my life, from the East Coast to the Hawaiian Islands, from the lakes of Minnesota to Key West’s...