I spent November 5, 2024, working at my local polling place. Had just enough time…
How many technicians does it take to make a TV app work?
It started last March, so a tick over two months ago. I thought I’d watch some television and that almost always means something on PBS Passport. So I reached for the remote and suddenly, instead of my personal list of programs, I encountered the following message:...
Inevitable Asymmetry
Until late on May 2, our sibling group was always symmetrical. There were two girls and two boys. The girls were the elder, the boys were the younger. The Change On May 1, 2025—or was it April 30?—the boy who lived sometimes on his boat and relied on the hospitality...
Trump Redux 2: Independence from Tyranny
April 18 was the 250th anniversary of that day, when, in the literary imagination of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Paul Revere “spread the alarm.” He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the...
Adventures with Ping 01: Getting to Know Her
Ping is my first “rescue.” I committed to the adoption sight unseen and she traveled to Newington, Connecticut, all the way from Corpus Christi, Texas. I trusted the organization and the foster-mom. What the heck. I really wanted—I needed—what my friend Gary calls a...