In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

As our country turns to the important task of choosing our next President, I’ve turned to an even more important task, carving Santas for grandchildren. Somehow there’s something far more satisfying in a razor-sharp knife cutting cleanly across the wood grain than pushing elusive words around the page trying to convince hypothetical readers that it’s [...]

No, I’m certainly not happy that George Bush has won this election. While Kerry wasn’t my original choice, for me, at least, he represented a significant improvement over Bush and his cohorts. No, what I won’t regret are my efforts to do everything I could to try to get Kerry elected. While visiting some regular [...]

Obviously political tempers have ratcheted up here in Tacoma, Washington, so much so that the local paper recently ran a long story on how families can cope with political disagreements. I told Leslie that was really quite simple. If she were to vote for the Bush administration I would simply file for divorce, citing irreconcilable [...]

Looking back over a relatively long life I’m amazed at how few pieces of clothing I can ever remember owning, despite at one time being somewhat of a “clothes horse,” perhaps in a vain attempt to imitate my older brother, or perhaps merely to compensate for my relative lack of looks. Often when I look [...]