Mar 21, 2010
A famous recluse, the writer J. D. Salinger, just died on January 27, 2010, at the age of 91, and I mourn his passing. His long-standing desire ...
Mar 19, 2010
To this day, I burst into uncontrollable tears upon viewing the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. I did not fight there. In fact, I was...
Mar 17, 2010
Troutbend recently commented about ancestry in Ballston Spa, New York. I looked it up on a map and discovered it was right down the road from Schenect...
Mar 15, 2010
PLUTO is the contemporary proof of the maxim "size matters." Formerly a planet, it was downgraded on 8/24/06 to minor or dwarf planet when the Interna...
Mar 13, 2010
Today is National Coffee Party Day. It is a response to the Tea Party movement that is mired in rightwing conservatism, anti-tax rantings, and overly ...
Mar 12, 2010
Today my wife and I drove to St. George, about an hour and three-quarter drive, which takes us through Zion National Park. I challenge anyone to produ...
Mar 11, 2010
Utah may not be the most progressive of states but I like living here. The Mormons who dominate the state, at least the ones to which I’ve been expo...
Mar 10, 2010
There are people who would ban Mark Twain’s writing because he used the “n” word. This is a word that I abhor even more than t...
Mar 10, 2010
Here it comes again. I'm looking out the window as I write this and snow is falling... just like yesterday. The junipers get so loaded that their flex...
Mar 8, 2010
When we first moved to Utah, I visited the library that is closest to us. It is a small, lightly stocked city library in Kanab, about 27 miles south o...