Writer
-
Highlights from my trip to Baja California Sud I was becoming more and more concerned about the direction that our country was going in when I got an invitation to visit Baja. I had airline miles accrued enough to get there and back and they were offering free accommodation, so I jumped at the chance.…
-
Here’s a piece of writing that I find particularly relevant. “We are often called “the elderly,” but that quiet label hides a truth most people rarely pause to consider: we are the last living witnesses of a world that no longer exists. If you look closely, you might notice gray hair, slower steps, or the…
-
I saw this article in the New York Times and I thought it was worth reposting. Just so ya know I changed a word to make it more right for me. I like the term “elder” instead of “elderly”. The author used the word “elderly”. I think the word “elder” is more dignified. So, here…
-
What can I say about high school? For some people it’s the best time of their lives to be looked back on in future times with great longing. For others it’s an extension of that twilight zone that is junior high where adjustment to life escapes you and you’re mired in confusion. Which one was…
-
An excerpt from Just Walk Away – a memoir of growing up in Iowa In Junior High everything changed. I went from a largely contented child to a mostly discontented child. How could this happen? There was no particular line of demarcation between 6th grade and 7th grade and yet there it was. A journey…
-
Another excerpt from Just Walk Away – a memoir of growing up in Iowa I started school at Norris Elementary when I was four years old because I would not be five until October and school started in September. So, I was a bit behind the rest of the kids but not by much. Norris…
-
There was always turmoil in our house but one place where there wasn’t any was while we were on vacation. Vacations were great except just as we drove away from the house. Mom and Artie would immediately begin arguing when we got in the car because Mom would remember something she forgot, and Artie wanted…
-
Excerpt from Just Walk Away – A Memoir of Growing up in Iowa We spent all our time outdoors unless it was really bad weather. This is not what many children experience nowadays. The only time we were indoors was when it was crazy hot and humid, a howling blizzard or a thunderstorm with tornados.…
-
An excerpt from “Just Walk Away – a memoir of growing up in the Midwest” Mom and Artie had a habit. Every morning as we sat at the breakfast table they would be discussing our next meal. Artie says, “What are we going to have for lunch?” Then at lunch they would be invariably discussing…
-
An excerpt from my memoir entitled “Just Walk Away” Let’s go back a little to when our family first came to Iowa. We had lived in Chicago for about a year and then we packed up and moved to Marshalltown, the county seat and the most populous town in central Iowa with about 20,000 people.…