Atlanta, GA November 25, 2021 Last year, we recalled America’s first Thanksgiving. Today we remember a couple of ours. A silhouette of Sonoma hills stood stark against the night sky. Above it, stars were strewn like a display of diamonds on celestial velvet. The lunar light exposed exhausted vines, resting wearily after a bountiful harvest, […]
For my step-father’s 90th birthday, I’m re-posting an essay I write on this day a couple years ago. It’s a re-run, but for a true original. Atlanta, GA November 16, 2019 “Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.” – Melvyn Douglas in Hud, 1963 “Even da big boys don’t […]
Atlanta, GA November 13, 2021 The phone buzzed. “Mr. Breen?”, came the voice, as if from a mine shaft, barely audible over the ambient noise around it. “Yes?” “Can you come outside? The trench just collapsed.” I hung up, and ran outside. The last couple years, it’s frequently felt like the walls are closing in. […]
Re-posting from the centenary three years ago. Atlanta, GANovember 11, 2018 In the small villages of France hardly a family was spared. Monuments in the centers of most every town record the names of “Nos Heros…Mort Pour La France”… During repeated visits to Paris, Provence, and the valleys of the Rhône and the Loire during […]
Atlanta, GA November 6, 2021 Almost five years ago, we made plans for a parade. Unfortunately, we did so too soon, and confessed it out loud. My sons and I couldn’t believe what was happening, but we were elated. We’d never seen our team play this well. Of course, by then were hardly watching the […]
November 5, 2021 Atlanta, GA Remember, remember the Fifth of November The Gunpowder Treason and Plot I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot – John Milton When King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England, the petitions rolled in. Catholics and Puritans sought royal protection for […]
November 1, 2021 Atlanta, GA With the passing of All Hallows’ Eve, the goblins, demons, and ghouls are gone. Today we make way for the saints. We are approaching the conclusion of the Catholic calendar. The Church coordinates its year around the life, death, and Resurrection of Christ. It anticipates the coming of the Kingdom […]
Atlanta, GA October 24, 2021 The sky’s clear and the air is crisp. Morning dew covers the earth as leaves begin to ripen, relinquish their bough, and drift gently to the ground. Twenty yards away, a family of deer rustle the fresh autumn carpet. The writer looks up from his screen, and admires the quartet…till […]
Atlanta, GA October 23, 2021 I honestly am trying to get away from this topic, but (disheartening as it is) opposing mandatory vaccines is apparently a great way to cause controversy and generate questions. Once again, I received several responses to my most recent reply. I include several below, and then will try to answer […]
Atlanta, GA October 16, 2021 Everywhere we turn, Morons and Midwits abound. These are not synonymous, and the latter are frequently more dangerous than the former. Some Morons can be managed and handled, and often are…usually by the deep state cronies and chislers who arrange to have them elected. But many Morons have their own […]