revised and updated 20 March 2022 In less than a month, I will be flying to Paris to stay awhile…
The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone—more familiarly, the ITCZ (called the “Itch”)—is a belt about 5 degrees north and south of the…
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I haven’t decided if this title should be emphasized this way—I am a writer—or this way—I am a writer. Of…
When I was in college and introduced to T. S. Eliot’s poetry, I fell in love. Something in his…
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If it is possible to have a “hero” as a writer, then I choose T.S. Eliot as mine. Now being…
You want to know who are the idiots, traitors, anti-democracy jerks who are siding with the liars (Trump), criminals (Texas…
What will it take? How long must we wait? I am reminded of George Santayana’s warning: “Those who do not…
The election is over. By all accounts, no matter what is done from this point forward, the result will remain…