Author: Brian
The Donald
From NYTimes – Trump voters are not defined by their experience of economic hardship, but by their willingness to embrace a particular explanation of that hardship — namely, that it was visited upon them...
Nope – its mine!
Its not easy writing about nothing. That’s what a cowpoke was saying as I entered the frame of a dream. Vaguely handsome, intensely laconic, he was balancing on a folding chair, learning backwards, his...
The Star Maker
One night when I had tasted bitterness I went out onto the hill. Dark heather checked my feet. Below marched the suburban street lamps. Windows, their curtains drawn, were shut eyes, inwardly watching the...
Blue Spruce Bonsai
Here is my blue spruce – rescued from a dumpster – maybe 30 years old 2012 2014 after a pretty good trim 2014 2015 – looking a little sparse...
Most interesting man in the world
That’s Peter Freuchen and his wife Dagmar Freuchen-Gale, in a photo taken by Irving Penn. Freuchen is a top candidate for the Most Interesting Man in the World. Standing six feet seven inches, Freuchen...
Welcome Christmas – bring your cheer!
Christmas is close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it is the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year is preparing, like an ancient philosopher, to call his friends around him, and...