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FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later today on packing for Ghost Ranch. I woke up earlier than my intention this...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

SCOTT DREYER: 7-7: Most Chinese Know This Date – Do You?

The numbers 7-11 are universally recognizable, but do you know 7-7? Many of the world’s 1.4 billion Chinese do. In 1989 I went to Taiwan, planning...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: Trump and God and Me

I have concluded I must be a masochist (one who enjoys an activity that appears to be painful or tedious) since I continue to...

DENNIS GARVIN: Dogs, Cats . . . And God

Let's consider dogs and cats. They are the two commonest animal groups that are domesticated and possessed as pets. I want to ignore the...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Life on The Median Strip

We’re all going through the same frustrations of confinement with Covid-19 and one way I have found to relieve my sense of isolation and...

BARBARA LEACH: Scouting Finds In The Garden

Plagues and pestilence!  What a year.  The blessing has been all the rain.  I have been so happy to not have to water something...

SCOTT DREYER: A Tale of Two Cities

A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands. --Proverbs 14:1 (New Living Translation) It was the best...