December 25, 2025 The Nightmare After Christmas Lately, I’ve been having this recurring bad dream: after Christmas, everyone starts putting their old plastic trees... Continue reading
November 11, 2025 The Twilight Zone Who needs a billionaire’s ride in a dinky little space capsule? We’re on a much larger spacecraft (2.5 million... Continue reading
“Dark Stories” When all the light had gone from the sky, our ancestors gathered in the caves or beneath the heavy, overhanging rock, the fires... Continue reading
This month we observed the anniversary of the birth of our nation. The day we have chosen is not the anniversary of the actual establishment... Continue reading
“Orange Empire” While Orange, CA got there about about 32 years before Hawthorne had a chance of being associated with the iconic fruit of Southern... Continue reading
April 15, 2025 “Old School” Looking out from the tree-shaded Park onto busy Prairie Avenue, the building named to commemorate Jim Thorpe on February 23,... Continue reading
February 4, 2025 (clucking): “I feel an article coming on” “What’s that got to do with the price of eggs?” There’s no way to ignore... Continue reading