During a visit to Germany last week I stopped by a place of my earliest childhood memories. Here is a picture of me standing on a bench in front of a chapel in the woods circa 1958. Here is what the approximate same spot looks like in May 2012:
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Earliest Childhood Memories
Posted in Feelings, Travels on May 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Canadian Paralympics Ad
Posted in Feelings on May 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Powerful – I had to watch twice – and then post here. .
Fate and the Circle of Life
Posted in Feelings on April 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In the Los Angeles riots on April 30, 1992, Elvira Evers, then 7 ½-months pregnant, watched her Compton block fill with vehicles full of stolen loot. The nearby swap meet had turned into a free-for-all. Suddenly she was shot in the womb. The news story was that the youngest victim of the riots was not even yet [...]
Bookses in Boxes
Posted in Books, Feelings on March 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The term “bookses” comes from my daughter, when she was four years old and we were reading together: “Daddy, I put out the bookses for you.” In an ongoing effort, I have unpacked all my “bookses in boxes” in the garage and categorized them: fiction non-fiction science fiction math and computer foreign languages English and writing [...]
Thieves Go Through my Car
Posted in Atrocities, Feelings on February 13, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Last Saturday I got into my car in our driveway and noticed that the glove compartment was open. What? It turns out, somebody went through my car, and stole: One eight dollar LED flashlight out of the glove compartment, slim style so it fits without taking a lot of space. CD #1 (out of two) of [...]
The Old Wheelbarrow
Posted in Feelings on February 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When I was little, age three or four, I loved spending time at my grandfather’s house in Germany. There was a large yard in the country and a house that seemed ancient. There was also an old barn-like shed with a dirt floor where my grandfather parked his two motorcycles with sidecars. The shed had tools on the [...]
Art Interpretations
Posted in Art, Feelings on October 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A few days ago I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the world’s largest art galleries. I spent some time in the rooms where many of the Van Gogh paintings are. Van Gogh is my favorite painter and I could spend hours sitting there in the presence of greatness. But [...]
World Trade Center Memorial
Posted in Feelings, Travels on October 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today we visited the newly opened (9/12/11) World Trade Center Memorial. We took a three-hour guided tour. We were only a group of ten people, and it was very memorable. We found out many facts and behind the scenes details that we would never have known just visiting the site and viewing the memorial. The two [...]
Soldiers and Crackpots
Posted in Feelings on August 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week, as I boarded my plane from Chicago to San Diego, when the pre-boarding announcement was made for anyone needing a little more time or assistance, they invited, as always, military to board at their leisure any time. A few soldiers out of uniform stepped forward. One of them wore shorts and a T-shirt, [...]
What War Does to Children
Posted in Commentaries, Feelings on September 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When you think about refugees, some pictures come to mind. But not one like this. We need to see much, much more. Click Here – Iraqi Refugee
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