Notes From Serendipity

  During the last election there was ample time for the Russians (or anyone else) to tamper with the results from the different states.  So it was suspicious that the Trump vote, at the last minute, overcame leads built up by Hillary Clinton . .to allow Trump to win strategic states by a whisker, and … Read moreThe Greatest Danger

So, let’s take the long view.  No one has ever found a way to stem migration.  It is how the world was populated.  It is what has made America great.   Eventually, there will be a mixture of all races and cultures into a greater, stronger whole, regardless of what happens over the next five years. … Read moreTime and Jelly Donuts

My father’s looked straight ahead as he gripped the steering wheel of our 1951 Chevy Bel Aire.  In a matter-of-fact voice he said that he had been scheduled out on a military transport during World War II, but he was late and had to cancel.  It was unusual for him to miss a flight, but … Read moreThere But For Fortune

He told me that he had never been so busy since he has been retired.  I concurred.  I wondered how I could have ever found time to work given my games of golf, visiting the offspring, and unfairly shouting at the Loma Linda billing clerks trying to straighten out, what should be, a simple problem … Read moreWhere Have All The Hours Gone?

The quintessential second baseman glanced over to second base to hold the runner.  At the plate, the batter was ready.  You could see the malevolence in the eyes of the middle-aged, paunch-ridden, ne’er-do-well who was attempting to end our season in defeat.  I snuck a look over to the runner at second, every fibre of … Read moreLike A Cat On A Hot Tin Infield

I would like to think that bad people are punished and good people are rewarded.   This would seem fair.  This is what our education and the major part of our social conditioning has taught us.  So when sociopaths like Donald Trump come along, unable to comprehend the complexities and norms of our society crushing … Read moreRemember the Peloponnesian War?

The valley was a vibrant green, covered with moisture from the earlier rains.  Rain clouds again threatened to wash away any hopes that I might have had about breaking 110 at the Faulquement Golf Course.   I plodded carefully on the soft mud of the sloping terrain trying to avoid  sliding into the ravine and being … Read moreA Wall A Day Keeps the Riff Raff Away

Nestled in our newly established camp, amid the camouflage of Keawe bushes and secret sandstone alcoves, we plotted our next move.   Cher said that we should consecrate our new camp by doing something special.  As the little brother, I always said yes to anything she said with the exception of letting her touch my baseball … Read moreMiracles in My Lifetime

Kellyanne Conway is in court because a woman assaulted her . . at least with epithets and some physical jostling.  In Maryland, this is illegal, even if it is just the epithets.  One could argue that Kellyanne is a public figure and is therefore not immune to people expressing their opinion to her in a … Read moreDancing With the Devil

He walked along the concrete foundation of a dance hall, long-gone, on the slopes of Diamond Head.  This had been a hot pick-up spot for the young military officers in Honolulu, with forties music elevating to a fever pitch the youth and enthusiasm of a post-war encampment at Fort Ruger.  Now only this solid promontory … Read moreFort Ruger