PinnedIs Suicide Painless?Robin Williams lived an amazing, creative life and then snuffed himself out. What can we learn from such a talented man who had it all and…Aug 27, 2021Aug 27, 2021
PinnedJFK Blown Away: The Day My American History Teacher CriedThe Kennedy assassination has many grim images, including the tears of an American History teacher.Aug 17, 2021Aug 17, 2021
PinnedA Black Teacher in an All-white School, Trailblazing Long before MLK’s “I Have a Dream” SpeechBefore the 1954 Supreme Court Brown decision, racial segregation was common in American schools, as was this policy in Topeka, Kansas…Aug 20, 2021Aug 20, 2021
PinnedWhat Vincent van Gogh Can Teach Us about FailureThe beleaguered artist suffered more failure by age 37 than most people experience in a long life.Aug 17, 20211Aug 17, 20211
Afraid to JumpI’m grieving Laurel, her noble fight with terminal cancer while loving Ronald McDonald and E.T.Oct 30Oct 30
The Haunting Similarities Between 1969 and 2024In front of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., on a statue by Robert Aiken, a young woman gazes into the distance…Aug 14Aug 14
Burned Out in Santa FeWhile on vacation in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I extinguished a homeless woman’s head engulfed by flames. I’m grateful I could help, but what I…Jul 11Jul 11
Eulogy for An Honorable FatherThe sun glinted across the pond. His face echoed wonder as light filled cracks and crevices outlining more than eighty years, and decades…Jun 17Jun 17
Eulogy for A Glamorous MotherI cherish a mystical world mother created for my sister Julie and me as we were growing up. Her love came to us through puppets and magic…Jun 17Jun 17
The Dialectic of AgingAmerica is facing rapid population aging along with most western nations. Increasing longevity can either be a demographic crisis or an…Jun 13Jun 13
