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Recent Journal Posts
- A passing, close to me September 17, 2022
- Whoops, and Again… September 17, 2022
- 2020? I Can See Clearly Now. December 4, 2020
- Ireland 2004 (another back-in-the-day mini-memoir) May 15, 2019
- My Latest Memoir Writing Course & Sartoris Tribute May 15, 2019
- 2018 December 30, 2018
- Old Men Sharing December 10, 2018
- Endings November 12, 2018
- FLASHBACK: 2008 New Orleans Reuben Awards Weekend+ October 20, 2018
- Central Europe 2018 August 24, 2018
- Reuben Awards, 2018 June 6, 2018
- Learning to Draw March 4, 2018
- 2017 January 1, 2018
- Drawing on a Computer December 15, 2017
- 2016 January 1, 2017
- Tom Sanders August 8, 2016
- Mary Lasher October 8, 2015
- SAM Retires June 30, 2007
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A passing, close to me
This summer, and over the past few years in fact. I’m reminded with a louder voice of our finite span as one of the living. Lots to consider. Always has been. One thing many of us leave befind is sadness … Continue reading
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Whoops, and Again…
Updates. It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Thanks for checking in. The site went poo poo last fall, 2021 when, I’m told, unapproved comments were posted and screwed up the site. Being a public posting these days means exposure … Continue reading
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2020? I Can See Clearly Now.
2020 draws to an end. We are all weary and eager to return to a “normal” that was unappreciated at the time. Great lessons here. Time “in place” has enabled some healthy reflection and, for me, a feeling of gratitude … Continue reading
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Ireland 2004 (another back-in-the-day mini-memoir)
In 2004 working at the World Resources Institute, loving my job, I’d accumulated a lot of leave time. Traditionally in August most of the senior execs in Washington were in Martha’s Vineyard which was a kind of a jr. vacation … Continue reading
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My Latest Memoir Writing Course & Sartoris Tribute
My Spring 2019 course: Every Picture Tells a Story: Writing Memoirs From Family Photographs is a renewing and enjoyable exercise. Turns out you actually have to write the story that each photo holds and good writing is challenging. Photos, smells … Continue reading
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2018
Please indulge my personal summary of the past year, yet again. More, Better. I think technology (creative inventiveness) and humor (the olive oil and garlic of life) enable our survival. Two heroes, Bill Gates and Dave Barry both recap … Continue reading
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Old Men Sharing
One of the best parts of retirement and my slow mental and physical decline is the men’s group I joined after moving to Asheville. Men don’t group together and talk very much (school sports teams don’t count.) We’re too busy … Continue reading
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Endings
A full life always has beginnings and endings. In 2001 I joined an organization of largely theme park and party caricaturists in hopes of sharpening my skills in cartoony portraits for editorial cartoons. At their annual week-long event the members … Continue reading
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FLASHBACK: 2008 New Orleans Reuben Awards Weekend+
This is a recently recovered post. One of my most memorable life events. Happy I was able to recover from my trashed Journal, a great celebration and touched with history of the disastrous hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans and … Continue reading
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Central Europe 2018
River Cruise, Summary It was a very good trip through central Europe to be reacquainted with where a lot of our culture originated. Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Hungary (and most of other parts of Europe) have a much longer and … Continue reading
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