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On the Approach of My Seventieth Birthday (a poem)
“On the Approach of My Seventieth Birthday” is the third in a sequence of decennial birthday poems that began in 2002 with the fiftieth and continued in…
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Impressions from a Republic Besieged
The martial temper of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” belted out by the US Naval Academy Glee Club parading through the Capitol Rotunda set the tone for…
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A Great Darkening
I continue to torment myself with wondering how we have come to this miserable state, we, America, a people in Walt Whitman’s words “of all classes and…
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Portable Bohemia Newsletter Jan 15, 2025
Greetings from the Far Left Coast!
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On the Approach of My Sixtieth Birthday (a poem)
“On the Approach of My Sixtieth Birthday” was written in 2012 and published in the May 2013 issue of Quill & Parchment.On the approach of my sixtieth…
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We Remember
My first thought was to leave commentary on the fourth anniversary of January 6, 2021, to others.
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Portable Bohemia Newsletter Jan 1, 2025
Greetings from the Far Left Coast! I was up celebrating with a glass of wine and a John Sandford novel when the year rolled in at Times Square in New…
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December 2024

Year's End 2024: Looking Back, Taking Stock, Bumbling Onward, Ha!
I began these year’s end essays in the pandemic year 2020 with no thought they would become a regular feature.
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Mid-December Afternoon Wandering
This afternoon I took the bus downtown to SW 5th and Washington, strolled past Portland’s Christmas tree at Pioneer Courthouse Square, and continued on…
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Portable Bohemia Newsletter Dec 15, 2024
Greetings from the Far Left Coast where I am faring considerably better than Bashar al-Assad.
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On the Approach of My Fiftieth Birthday (a poem)
“On the Approach of My Fiftieth Birthday” was written in 2002 and published in the November 2006 issue of Quill & Parchment. I did not think of it as…
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The Pardon
Joe Biden will be remembered for his insistence on running for reelection and refusal to step aside until damage had been done and for a pardon of…
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