Monthly Archives: August 2018

August 21, 2018  

It took Andy a couple of hours to restack the wood. He figures a rodent was hiding in the pile and a hungry bear came by. August 20, 2018  

The negative cartoons about going back to school surprise me. I always loved it, and September, not January, still seems like the start of a new year because of my school days. How did you feeling about school starting again? … Continue reading →

Tempi and Zoe love car trips, especially Zoe. When Kaitlin, Torben and the pups were staying up at the house, Zoe would jump in the car every time Andy and I came up and started to unload our things. Kaitlin … Continue reading →

Trump is starting to revoke the security clearance of peple who publicly criticize him, and retired admiral William McRaven responded beautifully in this open letter: Dear Mr. President: Former CIA director John Brennan, whose security clearance you revoked on Wednesday, … Continue reading →

The Joy of Being a Blockhead reminded me of this story about Kurt Vonnegut that I posted a couple of years ago: In 2006, a teacher at Xavier High School in New York had her students write a letter to … Continue reading →

Last weekend Kaitlin sent the above picture and this email: Subject:I have no clue Where my parent’s slightly floured and ready to cook fish filets went. Or why my Mom only ate tomatoes and my Dad only farro… Such weird … Continue reading →

  No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money. —Samuel Johnson … at last I understood that writing was this: an impulse to share with other people a feeling or truth that I myself had. Not to preach … Continue reading →

When I was writing yesterday’s post I wondered if the new tolerance of people’s sexual preferences means the prejudice against introverts is lessening. Apparently not: Do Harvard and other elite universities illegally discriminate against Asian American applicants? I’m not sure. … Continue reading →

After I wrote yesterday’s post and was sorting through old papers, I came across this piece from Ann Landers. Dear Ann Landers, Your response to “Single File in Aurora, Ill.” surprised me. “Single” complained that her husband didn’t want to … Continue reading →