Walking with Marjorie
A letter Marjorie, I’ve been trying to figure out how to write about our life together. Writing to you feels like the only honest way to do it. I also…
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December 24, 2025
Signifying Nothing?
During this most challenging time of my 86-year life, why does this soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Macbeth keep playing in my weak brain? “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from…
December 16, 2025
Thankful, Still
On what may be the saddest Thanksgiving of my life, after the recent passing of Marjorie, my true soul mate, wife, partner, love, teacher, listener, fan, supporter, and of course…
December 1, 2025
The Power of BS, Then and Now
I’ve always been told I talk too much. When I’m wound up or worried, the words just come. Talking helps me sort things out, and it helps to have people…
November 2, 2025
Broken, But Still Running
Sometimes the little things that go wrong can hide the wondrous things life has given you. The subtitle of my musings has long been “Life is a Sitcom.” Some days…
September 13, 2025
Not Quite Enuf… A Life in Summary
One of my college profs once told a story I’ve never forgotten. A teacher asked a student to summarize the meaning of life. His first attempt ran 10 pages. Too…
September 6, 2025
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The $20 Powerball That Almost Cost Me Everything
Thou shalt not cause excess stress on an old man with a heart and bladder that don’t work very well. Yay Pacemaker/Defibrillator and SPC (you can look that one up…
August 28, 2025
“I’d Walk a Mile for a Camel”
You might remember that line. "I'd walk a mile for a Camel." Way back when, like about 70 years ago, that was a famous ad line for Camel cigarettes, a…
August 19, 2025
Risking it All for Cracker Barrel
Seems like yesterday.As a matter of fact, it was yesterday. 8:30-ish AM — “Good morning, Marjorie. Let’s go to one of your favorites: Cracker Barrel in North Charleston.” Sure, there…
August 12, 2025
The Ring
German composer, Richard Wagner wrote a series of four operas, which he entitled The Ring of the Niebelung. Took him over 20 years to write, and it takes 15 hours…
August 5, 2025