Along with the rest of America, I keep asking, “How are Clinton and Trump our only two choices for President?” It is an international embarrassment that these are our candidates. Whether you are supporting the liar, cheater and thief or the inarticulate buffoon, you too must be appalled that these two people are our only…
On Kodiak, the second-largest US island, you can count on wind and water. If you’ve watched the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch,” you may recognize the area since several fishing boats have their home port in Kodiak. Of course, it’s an island and surrounded by water, but there’s also precipitation. While Kodiak’s weather tends to be milder than…
They both figured out that doing an honest day’s work gives a person self respect and empowers him or her to believe in themselves. The republican mayor wanted to do something about the increasing number of homeless people on the streets, begging in Albuquerque. So he did something surprising: he stopped to talk to them.…
Like many of the other 1500 students who entered the United States Military Academy with me in July 1976, I was drawn to an educational opportunity at a prestigious college subsidized by US taxpayers. I had first visited West Point with a high school friend whose brother was a cadet. The school impressed me;…
This question bothered me all day yesterday, a gorgeous summer-in-fall day. In fact this question has been bothering me since the weekend when we had two absolutely spectacular autumn-colored days with very warm temperatures. I got to enjoy Saturday set up outside KISMET by Caryn, standing right in front of Kismet’s beautiful Secret Garden doing my favorite…
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