So I bought a nice vest with ribknit collar — hard to find since Eddie Bauer stopped selling…This week I found the same vest offered in other colors and ordered one.2d ago2d ago
Chapter 25: Greek to HerTacoma was a GI town, no question, during the Vietnam conflict. Olympia was closer to Fort Lewis, but Olympia was an uptight little state…4d ago4d ago
Liquor Conference in SeattleI was sitting at one of those small bar tables near the lobby entrance, nursing my drink, when the blonde came into the bar from the street…Mar 25Mar 25
Chapter 5: Curriculum changeHigh-school journalism class: putting the school newspaper to bed, typing last-minute stories late into the golden January afternoon…Mar 13Mar 13
Cortisol released by your adrenal gland during stressful situations can result in adverse effects…Piroshki (Russian, literally a “small pie”)are Russian puff pastries…stuffed with…meat, cheese, or vegetable filling— C/f Webster’sMar 9Mar 9
The Ethics of Forensic ScienceTHERE IS AN amazing amount of politicking that goes on behind the scenes in law-enforcement. For almost a decade I worked where there were…Mar 6Mar 6
Chapter 52: Ohio road tripAvenoir. N. the desire that memory could flow backward. We take it for granted that life moves forward. But…you can see where you’ve been…Feb 23Feb 23
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to…Chapter 51: Thomas Wolfe’s home townFeb 18Feb 18
Énouement: the bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not…Dictionary of Obscure SorrowsFeb 13Feb 13
So I knelt there at the delta, at the alpha and the omega,at the cradle of the river and the seas.Feb 11Feb 11