Hope you’ll recommend my posts via your favorite social media. Just don’t copy the material as your own.
December 10, 2008
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December 10, 2008
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Hope you’ll recommend my posts via your favorite social media. Just don’t copy the material as your own.
August 6, 2008
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My father would have been 86 today. He always made sure that people knew that when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, it was August 6 in Japan but only August 5 in the USA, and therefore the bomb was … Continue reading
July 30, 2008
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I know I haven’t updated in way too long. I went to my 40th high school reunion, halfway across the USA, and I didn’t take a computer with me. I stayed with a good friend, and I could have used … Continue reading
September 16, 2007
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My current book is Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest by Gerard Degroot. The subtitle, I think, should really be A Cynical Luddite Curmudgeon Looks at the Space Race. I’m among the first … Continue reading
August 30, 2007
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In this day and age, when we see so many rotten people getting far too much attention, sometimes it’s best to remember the truly good people of the not so distant past. YouTube video: Mr. Rogers talks to Congress. Hope … Continue reading
August 17, 2007
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I haven’t been writing much lately. One of our cats, Calypso, is very ill and my mind has been occupied with that. There isn’t much we can do for her other than make her comfortable and assure her that we … Continue reading
July 4, 2007
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My final two years in high school, we lived in a little armpit town called Beatrice (“Bee-ATT-riss”) Nebraska. My dad had been teaching at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, and its president Millard “Doc Bob” Roberts was hoping to expand … Continue reading
May 2, 2007
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In the mid-70s, I was browsing the local newsstand and came across a magazine called The Mother Earth News. It was printed on inexpensive paper, and chock-full of the kinds of information that people would need to be self-sufficient in … Continue reading
February 17, 2007
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Bartók in the Desert: The Art of Irén Marik Iren was my grandmother’s partner, and they lived together for the last thirty years of my grandmother’s life. I grew up listening to her practicing, which for any less … Continue reading
February 3, 2007
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Today I scanned photos to send to my newly-found relatives. I don’t have a lot of old family pictures here, so I decided to try to find those that might be most interesting to someone of my father’s generation who … Continue reading