Autumn and Denial
I’ve often said I hate fall. That’s not exactly true: I love the first part of fall, when the temperatures are reasonable and the colors are glorious. If that was immediately followed by spring, I’d […]
I’ve often said I hate fall. That’s not exactly true: I love the first part of fall, when the temperatures are reasonable and the colors are glorious. If that was immediately followed by spring, I’d […]
One day–let’s say it was the 50s, because these things happened back then–some people from the lower peninsula of Michigan rowed over to meet with some people from the upper peninsula. “Isn’t it wild,” one […]
This contains interesting “facts” e-mailed to me. The truth is, I stole — ahem — wrote about this stuff so long ago that my readers back then have all died of old age, so think […]
Sometimes it’s nice just to be … nice. Being nice has gone out of favor. Our heroes these days are anti-heroes, maybe even a step over, to … well, let’s call it anti-villains. I’ll come […]
(This is a blog I wrote to promote a real event our volunteer fire department is putting on. No, I don’t expect any H.O. readers live close enough to attend, but since there are always […]
Meet Silas Noah. He seems confused. Welcome to reality, Silas. He would be my sixth grandchild, and ninth if you count the step-grandkids, which I do. That means I have as many grandkids as my […]
I wrote this 20 years ago, and was curious about how the subject held up. Although I made some changes, it still seems awfully familiar these days. My oldest daughter is normally a calm person, […]
It’s been said a nation has a life cycle, just like people do. Perhaps our American gestation was the period when European powers first started planting their little colony seeds along the coast of this […]
Am I qualified to talk about gayism? I am not. For instance, I just used the term “gayism”, which so far as I know doesn’t exist. Hm. Just a sec, Google and I have a […]
Science headlines always grab my attention: “Seven Objects Found Circling Dwarf”. My first thought: “Wait–I thought ‘dwarf’ was now a politically incorrect term, like ‘midget’, or ‘calm political discussion’. Sure, you have dwarfs in online […]