Reflections of a Scattered Mind
Since I was a little boy in Uncle Dickie’s back yard, scratching at the ground with a recalcitrant nine iron trying to coax a golf ball to soar like an eagle, I have wanted to play good golf. Somewhere along the line I realized that this was going to be a lifetime endeavor for me. … Read moreFrom Here To Eternity
I once had a great idea, but now it’s gone. I am not sure where it went. The more I think about it, the more I think that it couldn’t have been a great idea if I forgot it so quickly . . an expression direct from my mother. But we all know … Read moreI Once Had A Great Idea
The weather was frigid. I would look out the window at the the Schlicting Candy Store across the field. During the summer Cher would go into the grass behind the candy store and catch grasshoppers. One day she came running back. She tried to kiss one and it latched onto her lower lip and wouldn’t … Read moreGrasshoppers at Valley Stream
The last scene in Can-can, Cole Porter’s quintessential musical of France’s golden age, was an explosion of song and dance that rattled the rafters of the, then, Honolulu Community Theatre in the early 60’s. I stood transfixed after every performance. Paul Tremaine, the technical director, loved the last scene, and we would come from the … Read moreA Tap With A Slap Of A Fan Can, Yes You Can Can-Can, Too
‘Officer Krupke’ burst from the lungs of the taunting but playful Jets as they made fun of the local police officer. Arab was just about to do his solo when his left contact lens popped out and landed somewhere on stage. During the intervening hi-jinks he crawled on the floor trying to find it. Groping … Read moreThrough A Contact Lens Darkly
Fiona, our alien cat, has been learning new tricks. I haven’t minded the late night calls to other galaxies, or the fact that her eyes glow in the dark. I expect that of all alien cats. However, recently, she has taken umbrage at my shoelaces. She makes it almost impossible to put on my … Read moreWhere is Flash Gordon When You Really Need Him?
Why do people want to blindly follow a person in a democratic society? Despite racist, misogynist, hateful and backward-thinking, an individual can gain support. There always seems to be those who would support leaders like that whether it be Netanyahu, Trump or Hitler. I always thought that after the second world war we learned … Read moreMake America Hate Again
Wet behind the ears and full of vim and vigor, Cher and I descended upon Highlands Intermediate School in Pearl City in the early 1960’s. During the 8th grade she received an assignment to correspond with a politician, and she chose George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama. She asked him why he supported segregation, since it … Read moreThe Answer Is Blowing In The Wind
A dream is like a leaf that floats and drifts on the wind and waits for you to catch it before it settles amid the thousands of others coloring the sumptuous landscape. Can you catch it? It is elusive. It moves, changes direction and floats on. In youth, when you saw something you wanted, … Read moreCan You Still Follow A Dream?