As is frequently the case, reading through one of Rob Lightfoot’s articles it brings to mind a parallel line of thought for me. His story about trying to remember stuff, like names of neighbors, reminded me of some of my… Continue Reading
Halloween is a time when many people like a good scare. Whether it’s a frightening costume party or a horrifying haunted house, kids and grown-ups alike line up for a good fright. What makes it enjoyable is that it’s all… Continue Reading
10:30pm. Thursday night. Just realized that by this time, I should be thinking about submitting my column. And I haven’t even started thinking about writing it yet. That’s because it’s Fund Drive week at JPR, and I’m exhausted. I’ve been… Continue Reading
My dear brother Jim married Karen in June of 2005 in Denver, Colorado. In the months leading up to the wedding I was living in my own private hell. Few knew how much I suffered. From nowhere it seemed, as… Continue Reading
The Social Security Amendments of 1972 created a new federal benefit program. This month, that program — the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program — celebrates its 41th anniversary. Administered by Social Security, SSI is a needs-based program for people 65 or… Continue Reading
It started with a sore throat. It was on fire. So sore that I called in sick two days in a row. Then came the fever, and a lightheaded, slightly out of body feeling, and then along came the headache.… Continue Reading
• I haven’t written anything for months… I would like to blame it on illness or a heavy workload but I think my brain just decided to dormicate for a while… (the result of dormant hanging out with a smooth-talking… Continue Reading
To be alive in the world is to possess a priceless gift of self-awareness. Usually we take this for granted. We are not normally in awe of the fact. It is easy to yawn and shrug at the incredible and stunning truth that we are alive on a round rock that is rotating at a 1000 miles an hour at the equator. Continue Reading
There’s been a small concrete block building on Placer Street near downtown for well over 40 years. It housed Jan’s Frost Shop, run by a cheerful round man with stunningly hairy arms who called everyone sweetheart and dished up memorably… Continue Reading
I have been trying to think of some way to understand the idiocy that is currently going on in Washington. The idea that there is any other political ambition that would justify allowing the United States to act like some… Continue Reading
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