Greetings, subscribers. Here’s a flashback to 1986 when I returned to college in Ohio after having dropped out of East Carolina University in N.C. in 1970 to join a cult. Things have changed since then, but my experience speaks to recent unimaginable challenges to education. Back in 1986, my cult … [Read more…]
Greetings, subscribers. This post is about something I did to honor cancer victims. My mother died of ovarian cancer at the young age of 48 in 1968 when I was 16 years old. As I recall, she didn’t have time to actually lose much of her hair before that dreadful … [Read more…]
Greetings subscribers. Don’t you love it when you come across something in your files that you forgot about but glad you kept? The following is a letter I emailed to The New Yorker magazine in March, 2011, in response to an article they published by Lawrence Wright, titled: “The Apostate.” … [Read more…]
Greetings! Did you know that in 2006 President George Bush designated May as Jewish American Heritage Month? Although I am not Jewish, I have many Jewish friends and acquaintances. I am very grateful for them, as for all my friends. Today, I’m writing this blog post to honor an American … [Read more…]
Greetings! Happy April. If you didn’t know, this is Poetry Month. I suggest we visit a few poetry websites today, such as The Poetry Foundation. Or pick up a book of poetry. One of my favorite poets is W. S. Merwin. A few years ago, I sent subscribers a blog … [Read more…]