BOTCHED BAPTISMS
One of my readers urged me to weigh in on the latest church foolery. Which one? The one in Arizona. I looked it up.
GRUNTLED SUBSCRIBER
I’m a word junky but I never hear of “gruntled.”
DISGRUNTLED SUBSCRIBER
A disgruntled subscriber called me. I usually ignore unknown callers, but now and then I play Russian roulette.
BORN ON THE 5TH OF JULY
I was born on the 5th of July. It’s an unremarkable date.
STREETFEST AND OTHER FESTS
Everybody LOVES a festival. Well, maybe not EV-ER-Y body.
MEMORY TEST
Beware my old friends. “Memory tests” are now standard fare at annual physical examinations.
NO KINGS IN SHEPHERDSTOWN
The nation’s party wasn’t in DC last Saturday. It was in 2,000 other places.
THANK YOU, AMY JO
I’m thinking we’ve all had an “Amy Jo” in our lives somewhere along the line. Who’s yours?
JESUS IN ALBUQUERQUE
A surprising response to HATE at the Pride Parade in Albuquerque.
THE LAST PICNIC
Once upon a time there was a whole lot of old people—hordes of ’em—standing as buffers between us and the grave.
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SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER
I reached a personal milestone yesterday. Alas, there were no fireworks and no parades.
O JOGO BONITO
Soccer is a beautiful game, my sons told me years ago. I couldn’t see what they saw, but I’m beginning to.
BEYOND REASON
I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.
BORN ON THE 5TH OF JULY
Today is my birthday. I was born in 1947. Let's hear if for the boomers!