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I Had a Dream

It was winter. Late at night. Perhaps a year or two ago. I was in my den, in my favorite chair, warmed by an open fire in the...

Growing Pain

Logan and I are exhausted. The cause of our collective fatigue is a black and white puppy named Bear. Apparently, he is now “our” Bear,...

Time to Get Serious

Like many, I have been watching developments on our college campuses with dismay. I wish that I had some way to warn those students who...

To Our Boys

Simon Edgar Fitzpatrick (1873-1959) was my grandfather's brother and partner in their father's Plattsburgh, New York, family construction...

Three's Company

Logan and I are no longer the sole objects of canine-directed attention in our family. We have been joined by a puppy named Bear. At...

Up With Pup Redux

We have news. Last week we brought a little puppy into our family. He is a bi-color (black and white) Australian Shepherd and his name...

The Bad Shepherd

There once was a countryside in which a flock of sheep lived happily and comfortably under the supervision of a succession of fairly...

Unacceptable

Growing up, my generation was taught the principles of Right and Wrong, concepts grounded in the belief that there exists an objective...

To Tell a Lie

The weather recently has been unbearably hot. Fortunately, Logan and I are able to spend the hottest parts of each day inside the house...

Interview with Jake from Looneytown

Host: Good morning, Jake. Thanks for agreeing to speak with us today. Yeah. Un-huh. [mumbles]. Jake, you seem really nervous and...

Clothing Optional

It has been very cold here recently. Logan and I were discussing this the other day as we were strolling around our yard. Cold can be...

Another Golden Rule?

For more than two thousand years the standard for praiseworthy human behavior, unfortunately honored more in the breach than the...

"Expert" Humor

Although an attorney, I was never a litigator. However, now, after spending years in the field of personal trust and estate management, I...

January 1, 2023

Logan and I were strolling in our yard enjoying the surprisingly mild weather and remarking on the fact that our humans had awakened much...

The Christmas Eve Truce of 1914

First published on December 24, 2022. It is tempting, these days, when reflecting on the current state of affairs in our nation and the...

Let Nothing You Dismay

Originally published in the Greenwich Sentinel on December 2, 2022. This past Sunday began the annual season of Advent. It also marks...

Lest Gravity Touch the Ground

Once again the seasons have turned; the days are colder and the daylight shorter. Almost all the leaves have fallen and it won't be long...

For Love of the Automobile

I'll admit it. I am a car guy. Always have been, always will be. As a vice, it is relatively harmless, except to the pocketbook and...

Goodbye Winter

Logan and I are excited about the warming weather and the prospects of the coming Spring, just now beginning with visible evidence of the...

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