It is cool today, and rain is coming from the Midwest. There is driving to be done, and a long session in an airless vault to fulfill the annual requirement to be reminded that there is a significant counter-intelligence threat out there. A person with a sock-puppet on their hand could make it more interesting […]

Green and Gray I scooted out of the office a little early to beat the rush across the 14th Street Bridge. I managed to get there without much trouble, and drove to Ft. Myer, where I purchased a bouquet of red flowers. Then I drove around the perimeter of the cemetery to the public entrance, […]

Nine Eleven It is raining this morning, which is a fitting book-end to a lovely weekend. It is also That Anniversary, the one that is so problematic. It is good that this day is somber and gray. It fits the mood. The day itself was something else altogether. It might have started as one of […]

The End is Near The President is headed for New York, for the anniversary that hangs in the middle distance of everything. The docudrama that ABC has cooked up about the events that led to the mass murder has caused quite a stir. I was around some of the arguments when they happened- not the […]

I walked down Peachtree to Luckie, and the building loomed above me like a white yacht, bearing down at speed. The narrowness of its white flanks conveyed a sense of speed, or all its rooted entropy. I had seen this before, not this way, somewhere else. I was dumbstruck and had to stop and look. […]

Segue I was lost in �Lanta to start. I thought it was too easy getting to the great skyline, and how hard could it be to find the Peachtree hotel on Peachtree Street? Fools and their appointment s are soon parted, and I was from mine after I left the interstate for downtown Atlanta. It […]

Number Two for Departure The airplane was third for departure at Reagan National Airport. Fortunate, really, that the fog had not burned off sooner and the controllers were being cautious on separation for the departing jets that snake off above the Potomac River for noise abatement. Certain concessions in routing the airplanes over the capital […]

President Truman was right about Washington when he said “if you need a friend, get a dog.” It was kind of a sore subject. The dog had ended his visitation with me and returned to life with the ex, whizzing away into the darkness. It was lonely in Big Pink with no one depending on […]

Deceased: August 31, 2006. Glenn Ford, laconic, soft-spoken actor who played leading roles in many westerns, melodramas and romantic films from the early 1940’s through the 60’s, died yesterday at his Beverly Hills home. He was 90. A laconic, soft-spoken actor with an easy smile, he played leading roles in many westerns, melodramas and romantic […]

I’m not depressed, though the atmosphere is. I’m actually feeling pretty good, all things considered. I am not going anywhere in the rain or the rising wind. The tropical depression that is the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto will be arriving at Big Pink through the rest of the day. The good people at the National […]