No One Likes a Know-It-All
My vote for the most fearsome Christmas Carol ever penned is a Tin Pan Alley ditty about an omniscient and omnipotent Santa, forever tasked with dividing the sheep from the goats.
The U.S. Post Office Delivered for Me
Nostalgia ain’t the same as it used to be. With each year I add on, the sentiment seems to gain in strength.
Life Gallops Along on Rings of Time
American writer Thomas Wolfe nursed a stout belief that, “you can’t go home again.” It became a theme of his first and most famous novel, ‘Look Homeward, Angel’ as well as the title of his final work. Of course, his line is highly ironic; one certainly can go home again. But when you do, good luck recognizing the place!
Tom Stoppard’s Hands Stop At 11:29:2025
Our era’s main and mega, superstar playwright—Sir Tom Stoppard—shuffled off his mortal coil too soon, even if it did happen after he attained the ripe old age of 88.
Journal of a Wet Journalism Journey
Far and away, an ocean trek was a pinnacle of my sprawling, 40-year journalism career. And by any measure, it also became the soggiest.
How To Share an Afterlife
In olden time, sailors navigated by staring up at the stars; some still do. Similarly, many folks help chart a life course simply by observing others.
