Not that I think anyone is especially interested in me as subject for biography, but once in a while I stumble on something that brings back a flood of memory and I feel compelled to say something about it. Recently … Continue reading
Rand Paul, senate hopeful for Kentucky, made a fool of himself with remarks about the 1964 Civil Rights Act and racism and affirmative action et cetera et cetera so on and so forth. If Kentucky votes him into office, they … Continue reading
Conservative. Liberal. We act as if we know what these labels mean. Conservatives are traditionalists, fiscally opposed to anything that smacks of gambling, private, often religious, and pedantic on what they consider “appropriate” in either government or personal conduct. Liberals, … Continue reading
One of the challenges I’ve always confronted as a visual artist is the fact that the image I conceive in my mind rarely is matched by what I’ve been able to produce as an artifact. Some photographs I’ve made I … Continue reading
We started cleaning the garage this weekend past. Made a lot of headway. We tackled boxes which we haven’t touched since we moved in, almost 19 years ago. Time flies when you have other things to do. This morning I … Continue reading
Recently I started reading Roger Zelazny’s Amber series. I’ve been hearing about this for decades, how great it is, and till now it’s one of the few things of Zelazny’s that I’ve resisted reading. See, it’s pretty much fantasy, in … Continue reading