A freethinker’s look at two famous journeys
This essay appeared on the Faith page of the Tucson Daily Star on Sunday, August 27, 2023. The URL to it is below. Travel stories … Read more
An open letter to local, state, and national elected officials
This essay appeared on the Opinion page of the Tucson Daily Star on Saturday, July 22, 2023. The URL to it is below. Greetings: I … Read more
Outsmarting life
Slogans and tag lines are ubiquitous—every organization seems to have one, an unfortunate symptom of our society in which absolutely everything is for sale and … Read more
Fiction for a change — “A Small, Blue Flower”
On a car trip recently, I stopped for the night at a collection of motels, gas stations, and restaurants next to the Interstate—the sort of … Read more
A Season of Dying
My father died more than thirty years ago, just shy of his 70th birthday. I am older than that now and am increasingly aware of … Read more
Running out the clock
Many of my acquaintances are about my age, and like me, are retired. None of the group has to work any longer, although the amount … Read more
The ephemeral present
I’ve been thinking recently about the past, in particular the thirty years I lived in San Francisco before leaving in 2005—memories of spending Saturday mornings … Read more