I am still in Michigan, more than a little stunned by the missing day. I had finished packing and cleaning up the guest cottage and went down to Mom’s library to print my boarding pass for the flight out and saw I had made the reservation for the 30th, not the 29th. The car was […]

Travel today; so I was up early, with visions.   Standing on the little deck outside the back-door to The Big Top apartment on top of the garage on the compound in Michigan to see the bright rich full moon settle into the waters of the bay near Nine Mile Point, precisely where the sun […]

  There is a Greek guy named Charlie Vergos who ran the best damned rib place in Memphis, which is a pretty amazing piece of turf to stake out. He operated the restaurant he named “Rendezvous” off Second Street since 1948, or at least he did until his keen mind and unfailing work ethic made […]

It is tax time, if you hadn’t noticed, which is going to be increasingly onerous in the years to come. I jetted up from the Capital to help out on that and other things, since Mom is confronting that, and with it the growing cloud of uncertainty here in the little town by the bay. […]

  I didn’t come up with the term “Radical Center.” That belongs to Tom Friedman, and bless him for it. We need some sanity here.   He noted that President Obama’s recent success is “both exhilarating and sobering.” I agree it is certainly it is a historic achievement, but what had to be done to […]

    I am traveling this weekend, up to the Wolverine state for a short visit with the folks.   Mom and Dad are in their mid-80s now, and that caused me to do a little math. See, the Social Security Trust did something it hasn’t done before this month. Outlays exceeded income from the […]

There actually was a little generator that was affixed to a bracket that swung the rotating top in contact with the rear tire and produced enough current to shine the light fixed to the handlebars.   (Schwinn Mechanical Speedometer)   It is very industrial age in the approach, and sort of Steam Punk, which I […]

I had enough thinking about the wide world yesterday. The water cooler- it is a virtual water cooler- was abuzz with talk about what just happened on the Hill, and what it might mean to all of us.   I think I am safe in saying that we have no idea, just a certain dread […]

  I have been trying to take care of my health through unbalanced diet. I have cut out the bread and the sauces and the pasta of winter, and tired to add more veggies to the diet.   I am leery of what the Congress did over the weekend, and this course of action is […]

There was a van with some fancy graphics waiting by the curb when we got there. They accuse Mr. Ringling of mistreating the animals- quite emotional about it. Apparently they follow the circus around on the whole tour. We crowded around the van to have our pictures taken, and the two women driving the van […]