“It’s difficult for me to understand how anyone can view the issue with Ukraine as abuse of power. The transcript was released. Both presidents declared there was no pressure.” So writes a former Facebook friend on another friend’s post. This is the most common defense of Trump amongst Trumpers and superficially it seems a logical, […]
Wine Just in Time
Friends might recall how a couple weeks ago, my close call, slightly nearer to death experience on a Megabus changed the way I think about drinking wine (i.e., drink the good stuff now, because you never know). Well, I laid a magnum bottle of this ruby port down in 1998 and sat on it like […]
Photography, my own phantom thread
Dad would have been 91 today. I tell friends that the elder SMW haunts both my Facebook when I post photos and camera when I go out on my long constitutionals. Being the oldest of his brood, I was the first son to go to work with him and learn the mysteries, techniques and technology […]
Abandoning Windows Phone
Call me weird, a member of the forlorn 0.1%, but I like the Windows phone interface. It’s clean, attractive and easy to use. I like that Windows 10 Continuum is ambitious enough to provide a seamless experience across my desktop, tablet and phone. I’m annoyed that several of the apps I want, like my Digital […]
Dreamers’ nightmare–the cost is too high
Pity The Dreamers. Through friendships with educators and just living an urban life, I’ve come to know lots of immigrants. Many of them are Hispanic. I assume most of them are here legally, but I would never presume to ask. The people I know are family-oriented, hard-working, America-loving, pretty conservative, solid members of society and […]
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