Did I cry when the newspapers announced that Macy’s in San Francisco was closing? No, I didn’t, though I have known about Macy’s and have…
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I was going to be up in the Seattle area and wondered what it would be like to meet Doug Holland, who chronicles his daily…
Over the years we’ve noted a trend in the American language whereby two words are made to substitute for one. I’m sure we’ve missed some…
We have always considered John Pinches to have been a good supervisor, certainly a much better supervisor than any of his four colleagues when one…
In those rare moments when the real pierces the illusions of Oscar Night, I grip the arm of my sofa, waiting for hidden burner rockets…
One tolerable, humid yet cloudless July morning in the late 60s, the apparent aim was to relocate a buttload of ugly, undistinguished rocks — are…
I have always loved a good sea story. It doesn't matter whether it's fighting a typhoon with Conrad, rounding the Horn with Chichester or kicking…
Just three years shy of his 100th birthday, Oscar hoisted himself off his slab to stand at attention one more time this Sunday evening at…
My medical problem wasn't as grave as Bruce Anderson's (described in the AVA February 28), but I, too, have been impressed by and grateful for…
Rock ’n’ Roll is dead, buried, gone and no one even showed up to mourn at its graveside. Or attend the Celebration of Death. It…
The way I see it is this: The Donald is in jail and he has also been elected president of the US. He’s the first…