About 20 years ago, back in the 20th century, I was listening to a philosopher on the radio. He was in his 50s and had…
Posts published in “Essays”
Buying food is a tricky business – even if you just consider price. Businesses know that most people do not have the time to compare…
On the increasingly frequent occasions when Donald Trump allows his mouth to race out ahead of his brain—understandable, given the latter's velocital limitations and the…
I shouldn't be writing this. Hell, I shouldn't be writing anything right now. Seems whatever I say or sing or write or do, somebody's gotta…
The Age of Trump is an Age of Conspiracies. In lock step with the zeitgeist, elements human, natural, and perhaps even ethereal conspired against last…
When I woke up, I was struck first by the silence — a deep and complete absence of sound that seemed to have a shape…
In the days before digital cameras, I had several bouts of being a serious photographer, serious in the sense of owning good cameras, taking thousands…
(told by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous) In Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, Tim Roth plays the gang member Mr. Orange. Mr. Orange is…
My friend and client Ed Beard told me about a new couple in the Napa Valley. They had bought a small parcel and built a…