Hello Clever People! Welcome to my review for the Oscar contending film Green Book. This film follows the true story of the Don Shirley trio, a jazz trio where the lead pianist, Don Shirley,...
Category: Opinion
This “best of” article was originally published December 12, 2016. Christmas. I’m not the biggest fan. I’ve moved a safe distance beyond the days when my Grinch-like attitude was a downer for my wife...
Here’s the saga about the story. I went to the AAUW home tour and at one of the homes I ran into an old friend with such a smashing necklace, I wanted to rip...
The well-intended subterfuge worked for about five years before the condition forced my hand, as it were. Those who saw me on a regular basis began to notice symptoms that were not so subtle...
I first met them during the Shasta County Carr Fire. I watched as they made their way down our little winding road, through the thick smoke that had settled over the farm. Silently they...
In 2015 twenty-one youths filed a lawsuit, Juliana v. U.S., in Oregon’s U.S. District Court. They were seeking protection from the ravages of a destabilized climate. They asserted, in part, that “through the government’s affirmative...
And then there was that time we were shipwrecked in Alaska. This is a story I almost never tell, probably because it involves a little stupidity and poor planning, so even my own family...
• The final tally of the money donated for ANC’s Carr Fire Scholarship fund is $5,310. I am blown away by the generosity of every donation, both large and small, from bottles of Butter...
Editor’s note: A letter to the editor was published this morning. It has been removed due to new information.
My wife understands that nobody is perfect. That being said, she has informed me that my particular vice of choice has gone too far, and that she will have to intervene if I can’t...
