The Great Dementia

We fall and forget more than we once could explain, Searching  for a sign or phrase to remind  our hazy brains, We should beware trumpets bellowing to proclaim, The arrival to our era’s great error and his killing reign. Feeble opposing deliberations between factions follow, Too late come the arguments that anyways fall hollow, Like …

Chipmunk’s Gambit

When I let Cinco out the front door, He pauses at the porch steps, firmly planted on all four. Cinco surveys the garden below, Where  lilies, hydrangeas, and a rose of sharon grow. He listens for the crackle from a fallen birch leaf, And for the footfalls of tiny paws within the walls of his …

Talking With Cinco

     I love talking with my dog Cinco.  He may not understand many more words than a toddler, it is true.  But when I add his vocabulary to his reading of body language and behavior patterns, he analyzes people in a quite  sophisticated way.   I haven’t yet figured out how much he really knows.  For …

This Is Me

     Sometimes I cry while watching tv.  I can feel the progress of the tears begin at the top of my head.  My brain tissue, which is suspended in liquid, suddenly gets  infused with chemicals which flood that critical organ.   This usually occurs when something sentimental and sappy happens on the television program.  Then, as quickly …

Old Mueller

How an honest public servant nearing retirement can seem like an old and loyal dog, who is deserving of a place near the fire. I think Robert Mueller has completed his last and perhaps one of his greatest services to this country.  Watching him leave the room after testifying to the House Intelligence Committee, Mueller …

There is Hope

Nancy Pelosi wants the water to boil before she throws our black hearted red faced mobster wannabe into the pot.  But there is a limit to how hot boiling water can get.  If she fails to move when the conditions are right then she has failed the American public in our time of need.  To …

Begin Impeachment Hearings

I wrote this to read to my Memoirs group, then I thought maybe N. Pelosi was waiting for me to act (write) before she moved forward to impeach trump.  But it might be she is waiting for you... It’s hard to write about my younger days when so many young children at the border are …

Taking Medications

I was about 35 years old when necessity demanded I end my resistance to taking medication for my anxiety and paranoia.  I had experimented with meds for a short while when I was twenty but at that time I had limited success controlling my symptoms and I soon quit taking them.  Science did not stop …

Looking for Inspiration?

It’s more than a year until the 2020 general election, too soon to know who to vote for even in the primaries.   But maybe not too early to consider what arguments you will listen to that will shape what you use to make your selection.  Contrary to what I wrote just now, in my mind …

An Unhappy Medium

I have been writing Senators Corker and Alexander about once a week for months.  There are so many vital issues in front of Congress that it is no trouble finding something to write about.  My viewpoint in these letters is determinably progressive.  This means in every email that I write there is a complaint but …