Category Archives: Lessons

It’s just about time to go back to school. Or at least to learning, even if the lesson is something already learned (but not fully accepted) about the futility of keeping a new year’s resolution in the darkest coldest season of … Continue reading →

Most of the movies we were shown in school were not good. Film strips reminded me of ViewMaster experiences, and the reels we screened were in general shot by mediocre camera people and narrated by patronizing voices. That’s not to … Continue reading →

Sure I experienced guilt growing up. From my perspective, who didn’t? There was early guilt about toilet training mishaps, intermediate shame about laziness, stupidity and lack of common sense, and advanced teenage angst when I came up short in self-examination. … Continue reading →

I pulled a fact out of a recent article in Rolling Stone magazine, by Tim Dickinson (How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich). It was a good article. Long but providing an accurate summary of all the Republicans … Continue reading →

The creature most interesting to a dog is another dog. The being most interesting to a child is another child. The people most interesting to people are other people. Our favorite disability is blindness, because we think we can stare … Continue reading →

Of course I’m naturally conservative. Most people are. That doesn’t mean we’re Republicans. It means we resist change, at least a bit, at least at first. People are almost as ready as dogs to make a tradition. Do something once … Continue reading →

If I’m ever going to be bilingual, and it’s a semi-goal, my second language will be Spanish. I spent formative years in Chula Vista, where my exposure was so consistent that I could read it at an elementary level, and … Continue reading →