Monday, October 12, 2026 — Six years on and “When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry” still sings. During this, another low point — the Iran war, the...
Read Moretl;dr!? Too long; didn’t read? My final 2020 sundry assortment in which I present the thoughts that are barely legible from our scribble notebook since December 1, 2020. Until January 20, 2021, we are on pins and needles. This...
Read MoreFor once the story arc of 2020 is improved.
Read MoreTL;DR!? I didn’t spill much beer when I changed the blog theme; this sundry assortment is all over the board. Where is, as is. As always, enjoy! Or not. Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Milwaukee, WI, USA Milwaukee, WI –...
Read MoreAnd I’ll attempt to keep it short but politics & religion – it is Sunday, after all, billionaire breakdown, and literature & poetry. Let’s go! Politics & Religion Israel envy. The Evangelicals are...
Read MoreHuman Resources. On page 289 of the hardcopy of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, I tripped across the following description of Russian life in 1938 in a footnote: “*Stripped of their names and family ties, of their...
Read MoreYears end and what a year this was! This will be my most political year-end statement because it kicked off my 2017. In the late ’80’s, a brilliant classmate from China mentioned that the Chinese cultural revolution...
Read MoreFor all of the references to George Orwell’s 1984 predicting the age of Newspeak, government control, war is peace, etc. the pundits forgot to remind us that Orwell captured the essence of blogging: “It was curious that he...
Read Moretl;dr? Hillbilly Elegy, read it; Born Rich, watch it. One documents hopelessness; the other documents no need for hope. Come to your own conclusions. These are mine. Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir by J.D. Vance Hillbilly Elegy is a...
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