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Wake Up America!

With the Supreme Court’s recent decision that sent Trump salivating like Pavlov’s dogs, it’s time to repost my article from last September. It was an observation that far too many Americans are literally oblivious to the existential threat to democracy posed by Trump. As Reed Galen observed, some French were sipping wine in country cafes […]

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This Morning I Wept

It’s funny how viewing or hearing a snippet of something can hit your emotions instantly and unexpectedly. This morning the prolific social media entertainment poster, Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17 on fka Twitter and Threads), put up a clip of Christopher Plummer’s scene from The Sound of Music singing Edelweiss. As Captain Von Trapp, Plummer gets to

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A New Lease On Life

I got back from the Dermatologist’s office this morning, where the doctor informed me that the skin cancer he removed from my leg earlier in the month showed no sign of spreading. It was a Squamous Cell Carcinoma, which is generally not dangerous if caught early, which, thank goodness, mine was. I’m a bit embarrassed

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