Yearly Archives: 2018

Moby Dick and Me

Perhaps I have always believed in the great value, even the sanctity, of books.  Certainly it has been so ever since I read my first one at the age of six, when my aunt gave me the Landmark series edition of The Wright Brothers

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Old Blue Rides Again

Old Blue Rides Again

 

Had an old car and his name was Blue,

Had an old car and his name was Blue.

Had an old car and his name was Blue,

Betcha five dollars he’s a good car,

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The Operation

Last December Jane and I moved west from Massachusetts to Long Beach, California. We wanted to come out here to be close to our sons, both of whom have settled in the Golden State, Gardy in Los Angeles, Sam in San Francisco.  As any old guy who moves to a new state knows,

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