It was a nutty week. I no longer harbor cozy vanities that my opinion about anything matters unless it matters to someone who asks me for it. I’ve found it hard to think about writing about the world in any tone that would not violate (or as #43 would say, vilate) my vow of no [...]
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Returning to My Groove Which is Not a Rut
Posted in writing on September 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Does It Make You Want to Cry?
Posted in politics, writing on September 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Heard on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered less than 50 seconds ago . . . “Coming up on the one-week anniversary of Hurricane Ike’s arrival in Texas . . . . .”
A college-educated news reader said that. He wasn’t trying to lie, deceive the votors or sell you a car. He just SAID it.
WHY [...]
What a Difference Four Days Make
Posted in writing on September 17, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’ve not read the post that came before this one, please read it and come back to this, Juan. I feel like I am home from a traffic accident. The brakes screeched and my body tensed as though posing to be a human form engulfed by Pompeii’s lava to be anonymous but having BEEN via the [...]
Broncho Broken
Posted in writing on September 15, 2008 | No Comments »
I recited a Vachel Lindsay poem The Broncho That Would Not Be Broken (of Dancing) to State Journal-Register columnist extraordinaire Dave Bakke when he visited me for special attention in the best daily newspaper in the tri-state area. Following the end of the poem, he looked me in the eye and said: “You’re the broncho.” [...]
If the Esteemed, Omniscient Diety of Our Muslim Friends Drove a Lexxus . . .
Posted in politics, writing on September 10, 2008 | No Comments »
. . . . . and Barack Obama called it Allah’s car . . . . . . .you’re reading ahead aren’t you? I can HEAR those wheels grinding . . . . . . . .
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Do you suppose John McCain would be offended by the offensive slander
of his vice-presidential running mate?
Just curious,
Live long . [...]
Listen Sept 15, 8:40 am WTAX 1240 am
Posted in arts, writing on September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Arcadia Publishing has booked my first radio interview to discuss my new book, Springfield Aviation which goes on sale September 15. I will appear on the Bob Murray morning show at 8:40, give or take a minute or two. It will last about six minutes. Those who know me, know it usually takes more than [...]
Hale . . . . Exhale
Posted in writing on September 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been holding my breath, metaphorically speaking, since spring, wondering how the hey I’d pay the second half of my real estate tax, aware of how lucky I was I’d been able to make the first payment. The first payment had been relatively easy: I hadn’t paid a penny for hot water and heat all winter, [...]
That’s What Friends Are
Posted in family, writing on September 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Last weekend, about 15 members of the Springfield Chapter Illinois Pilots Association, the organization that sponsored the visit by the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing’s beautiful B-17 “Sentimental Journey” to Springfield’s airport helped direct people to the airplane, sold refreshments and happily engaged all comers in convivial conversation. Some arrived about 8 a to get [...]
No Time Left for Eeeuw
Posted in politics, writing on September 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Folks may wonder: did I watch the Rupublican convention this week, and the answer is yes. For the same reason many Republican friends watched the Democrats last week: they wanted to see how “the other half” lives and what they have to say. I watched all of Tuesday evening, all of Wednesday after I returned [...]
As We Forgive Those Who Cyn Against Us
Posted in politics, writing on September 3, 2008 | No Comments »
The last few days have been tropical with the heat and humidity and this business of bathing with hot water from a pan boiled on the stove has driven me to maxiumum distraction. The calendar tells me we have “turned the corner” with the summer weather, but after spending 10 hours a day with the [...]
