See…now if everyone had a gun do you believe the world would be safer than if no one had a gun? The second amendment leads us into the situation where everyone is allowed to have a gun. I can’t come up with the strategy to change a constitutional amendment but I can pretty well use … More Circular Firing Squad

GUNS AND NO GUNS Our population seems to be divided into two groups when it comes to guns. I’m sure we could divide further into subsets but for the sake of this commentary two groups is plenty. One group is fearful of being harmed. That group’s primary emotion is fear and it is strong. The … More Don’t Shoot – I’m Just the Piano Player!

Content warning: Blood and guts and stuff about an execution. MY UROLOGIST CAPTURED SADDAM HUSSEIN I’ll keep his name to myself. I don’t want to get into a jam with anyone in case this whole story is bogus or in case it is true and I misrepresent parts of it. My urologist joined the Air … More Something to Kill the Time

BACK TO THE EARTH The dogs found him. Like a door flung open the peace he’d been enjoying was ripped away. He was made to endure a huffing and snuffing and cold-nosed greeting by four of the largest canines he’d ever met. Huge paws and heads all arrived at once. His carcass and the surrounding forest … More Lost and Found

Return to Maine I’ve been back in Maine nearly one week. If you lived here you’d know what I am feeling. I am on the verge of tears from gratitude. I love The Castle and the earth upon which it rests. The way the light shines through in the early hours to illuminate the greenery … More Return to Maine (part one)