What is the goal of writing a book? To get readers to turn the page. Such a modest goal. Should there be any other? I call it a building block, that’s what I call goals. What happens when you achieve your goals, when you have readers turning to the next page. Write another […]
Millennial History Break: WWII-era
August 22, 2018 by
It’s been a long time since history delivered WWII. A long time to learn what happened, too. But not all are interested in the lessons of WWII, particularly the death camps where those deemed undesirable by the German authorities were warehoused until further notice. Further notice was death for six million […]
Historical Debris: A Record Of Time
July 23, 2018 by
Most museums have a bar they set for accepting historical debris, artifacts, one of a kind deals, and whatever an important person touched or signed. Paul Revere silver, the last breath of Thomas Edison, the Magna Carta? No one is making any more of that stuff, so that’s a bar too high. […]
How Older Men Express Themselves When No One Is Around To Call BS
July 18, 2018 by
I knew older men who’d been everywhere, done everything, and could drive any car ever invented. They’d had every job from sales executive to mailman, to factory worker, to fighter pilot in three wars. Sometimes it was true. One of them said he was shot down and imprisoned on a Japanese held […]
HISTORY HERO IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR
May 6, 2018 by
As I reflect on a history and pick one history hero, it starts with the yard sign I had posted and now keep in the garage. Obama and Biden weren’t the perfect match, didn’t get everything right. What they did was put a best foot forward. They proceeded as if they knew […]
PORTLAND CROSSROADS CULTURE BETWEEN SCIENCE, AGE, AND ATTITUDE
April 30, 2018 by
All towers growing around Portland have at least one thing in common: At one precise moment they could either be a building going up, or on the way down. Like bomb exploded landscapes resemble a controlled demolition after the dust settles, a first glance can be so misleading. Click the link to […]
DELICATE DANCE OF FRAGILE FRIENDSHIP
April 28, 2018 by
Can friendship survive if you say the wrong thing at the right time, the right thing at the wrong, or even the right thing at the right time. If someone says the wrong thing at the wrong time, the friendship is doomed. No matter what the relationship, the wrong thing at the […]
EXPERIENCE: HOW TO TELL ONE THING FROM ANOTHER
March 26, 2018 by
1. Visual: one is different than the rest. 2. Material: one is man made. 3. Use: one is decorative. 4. Location: chickens are world wide.
KA-BAR TO THE RESCUE AGAINST BEARS AND OTHERS
February 7, 2018 by
One of the benefits of being an Armed Forces veteran from the mid-70’s is the ability to relate to other veterans, to show respect for their service today. History is full of great moments of grace and dignity, pomp and circumstance, but veteran to veteran isn’t about a parade, or acknowledgement. Getting […]
TRUST THE PROCESS FROM THE START
January 29, 2018 by
Starting a project, a diet, a savings plan? Trust the process. The first day is all magical. One screenwriter said a days work at the beginning of a new script means putting a title on a piece of paper and putting it in a drawer for tomorrow. Cutting carrots follows a […]
