"I can’t bear it. But I do. And I think wildly about the headlines to come. Paradise Lost. Paradise is burning." Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty I can't bear to look at it, but I look anyway. I can’t bear to feel it, but I feel it anyway. I can’t bear the thick grey... Continue Reading →
Reflection on Thousand Oaks
Happy Birthday U.S. Marine Corps. How fricking ironic. A few days ago, a Marine veteran was in the news. Not for a heroic act. He was probably a hell of a good marine, trained on tactics, how to shoot, how to kill. How to remain stone cold calm while snuffing out the lives of enemies,... Continue Reading →
Teaching Nine Eleven
A poem about "Teaching" Nine Eleven.
Deer Crossing
The deer wait for us in the early summer evening, several young ones with the mother doe and her Bambi. They carefully step down to our flower garden and sample the smorgasbord of bright flowers and foliage. A nip of the bright red Verbena, that the gardener says is deer resistant but if you ask... Continue Reading →
No One Serves Alone
This is a speech I gave at the Yountville Veterans Home on November 10, 2017, in observation of Veterans Day. Veterans Day Speech 2017 For 98 years, Americans have remembered those who served our country in uniform on the 11th of November – first as Armistice Day, and then, since 1954 as Veterans Day. In... Continue Reading →
Cactus Blooms
Cactus flowers blooming in Yountville in April 2018. The photo above was taken on April 24, 2018 on the Yountville Veterans Home campus. Yes, these are flowers blooming from an otherwise ordinary looking cactus.
The Bear View 