The Apocalypse is Alive and Well
Writing a story of social apocalypse has been a real eye opener. I started the story as my own personal venting of my frustration with the apparent inability of our country to function. I see an...
View Article9/11 + 10
Ten years ago, I was driving in my faithful Toyota truck. I was almost in Tullahoma when I switched the radio on. The radio was tuned to my usual morning radio show. It was one of those “comic and...
View ArticleThe State
It’s no great mystery that Renewal is my response to the state of the the world I see around me. I don’t claim to have any special insight in that regard, but it’s not too hard to pick up on our...
View ArticlePatriotic Images
Remember the first time you understood that your parents were human? The situation that led you from the belief that they could do no wrong and into the belief that they are just like everyone else,...
View ArticleAnd Back to the Question of Our Country
A week or two ago, I posted some questions about America. One about our patriotic vision, another about what an ideal America would look like, and for the control freaks among us, one about what you...
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It’s What’s in Your Head
You can blame pocofish for this one. He started it. Let’s say someone was stalking you, casing your home, preparing to take something valuable to you. You went to work that day, like every day. Your...
View ArticleThe Big Pattern
Since 1996, I have observed a pattern. In 1996, I heard the subtext. I was watching Peter Jennings on ABC and it dawned on me that the subtext was the same no matter what the story. To simplify, the...
View ArticleThe Founding Fathers Were Smart
Thomas Jefferson clearly spend a great deal of time considering the wisdom of the self governed. Google his quotes to see what I mean. I live in a strongly Hillary part of the country. I fully...
View ArticleBaby and Bathwater
I played football in high school, and to a limited extent, in college. As such, I am a fan. I actually watched the Trump speech that led to today’s NFL national anthem upheaval, and as I usually do, I...
View ArticleBuilding an American Stool
We have a four-legged stool that lives just outside the kitchen. Since we’re getting well into middle age, there are kitchen tasks that take long enough to make us tired of standing, and we pull the...
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