Atlanta, GA November 22, 2020 Writing is a dog’s life, but the only life worth living. – Flaubert Last week I finished our uncle’s new book, and started his daughter’s first podcast, which she has ably written, produced, and read. As I did, I was reminded…and impressed…by the scribbling instinct that flows thru this family. My […]
Atlanta, GA November 15, 2020 Every tribe has its honored elders, wise oracles, and seasoned sages. Ours is fortunate to have two. For years, they held an undisputed duopoly of fermented wisdom along the east coast. This year, like Constantine from the Milvian Bridge, one of them expanded the realm by reorienting his flag. Last […]
Atlanta, GA November 13, 2020 Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. But what if Price and Value are estranged, making it hard for either to know anything? Price is a child of Value, which can sometimes be a deadbeat dad. Support is seldom […]
November 11, 2020Atlanta, GA Today we mark the welcome end of an horrific event. Armistice Day commemorates cessation of hostilities in what may have been the most ludicrous, yet consequential, conflict of all time. A couple years ago, we noted the centennial of this occasion. The war to end wars, unfortunately, did not. In a sense, […]
Blue Ridge, GA November 9, 2020 Thursday, for the first time since March, our younger son set foot in his school. Since spring, as in many counties in most states, all his classes have been held online. In Cobb County, the Fall semester resumed remotely, and has retained that exclusive mode since August. Slowly, like […]
Atlanta, GA November 7, 2020 Trump insulted the World War I veterans, so they all voted for Biden. – Michael Malice Unfortunately, it looks like one of them will win. Like a mugger in a police line-up, he was identified this morning. Meanwhile, the other crook continues to make his case. He is going to court, […]
Atlanta, GA November 3, 2020 Rarely have we had such cause to worry about what the present presents, and what the future holds. A couple days ago, we recounted our brief, unexpected journey to the 19th century. Having returned reluctantly to our own time, and had another look around, I’ve decided I want to go back […]
Atlanta, GA November 1, 2020 Today, on the Solemnity of All Saints, we honor those holy men and women who earned the highest celestial reward. Tomorrow, on All Souls’ Day, we commemorate the dead, and pray they reach those heavenly heights now that they are released from their earthly chains. Those of us still shackled […]
Atlanta, GAOctober 24, 2020 Like Lewis and Clark leaving the Mandan Village, David and I pushed on early last week, and left familiar terrain. After bumming a couple of their homes the previous two weeks, we thanked George and Molly, and migrated a few miles south. There, like a couple high-end hobos, we settled into […]
Atlanta, GA October 20, 2020 A few days ago, after my father-in-law died, I collected my initial reflections. Yesterday, at his funeral, I adapted them for his eulogy, which I delivered at his graveside. After my wife delivered a beautiful tribute to her father, I began to speak. Knowing What Matters “I want to thank […]