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You Have to Understand His Sense of Humor
Today I came across this treasure from one of my father's letters. The penultimate line is what made me laugh, and struck me as...
sursumcorda, 15 May 2026 |
Ski Trip Cooking, 1981
I love my father's sense of humor, and I love the way he write. I recognize that not everyone does, but as I write for those who enjoy...
Why Be Polite to a Machine?
Do you say "please" when you tell Alexa to turn on the lights, or to play your favorite song? Do you find yourself saying "thank...
Personality Revelations through Letters
From Claude conversation 4/28/26. After it had transcribed letters from Dad from 1977 - 1981, plus a couple from the 1960's, I asked...
Collaborating with Claude
I certainly have my worries about Artificial Intelligence, and plenty of frustrations with the LLM's I've been working with, but it...
Junk Food and Screens
Poignant commentary from my father, written more than 30 years ago. Dad was a regular volunteer at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute...
Montevideo, 1993 or New York City, 2026?
Here's another excerpt from my father's Elderhostel travels, this time to Uruguay in 1993. The Mayor of Montevideo is the second...
Driving in Boston
In 2001, just a couple of days after September 11, we moved from Florida to near Boston, Massachusetts. What's one of the first things...
Copilot Lied to Me
In all my excitement about what AI has been able to do for me with my father's Elderhostel project, I have never forgotten that LLMs are...
AI Photo Editing Success
Most if not all of my father's Elderhostel courses included a certificate of completion, and his trip to Alaska and Siberia was no...
LLM Transcription of Printed Text
ChatGPT has become my go-to LLM for transcribing printed documents. I have many, many pages of typed text from my father's writings that...
Between the Earth and the Moon
The Holy Saturday (Easter Eve) message sent from our Artemis II astronauts of course reminded me immediately of the Christmas Eve...
Holy Week in One Hymn
Traditionally sung on Palm Sunday, Ride On, Ride On in Majesty is a musical journey through Holy Week, from Jesus' triumphal...
What I Think of When I Hear "Lambeth"
Whenever I hear "Lambeth," I think of Lambeth Palace, the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. But do you suppose that someone in...
Doing the Lambeth Walk
In 1992 my father and one of my brothers made a trip to London to visit another brother who was living and working there. When he...
Endangered Eating
Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods by Sarah Lohman (W. W. Norton & Company, 2023) The first Sarah Lohman book...
Priceless Background for Understanding the War in Iran,...
The Kindle version of The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran is currently on sale a for $1.99. If...
The Remarkable Cousin Sylvia
When my father, an avid Elderhosteler, discovered a course with lots of outdoor activities intended for grandparents and their...
Happy Birthday, Music Theory!
Here's another fun video from Charles Cornell, the guy who brought us an amusing look at the Pirates of the Caribbean and the Lord...
Using AI for Mystery Photos
As I continue to organize my father's documentation of his many Elderhostel adventures, I occasionally run into photographs that need...
How Much We Unintentionally Reveal to Eyes That Can See!
Recently I was part of a conversation with several people who are often called upon to write short essays or to give presentations in...
When Powerful Special Interests Overtake Reason and...
In 1989, my father participated in an Elderhostel at the University of Wyoming. The course covered a number of topics, including the...
Sunday Morning Breakfast
Sunday mornings, when I was a young child, often meant going to church. But even more religiously, it meant blueberry pancakes. The...
Just Do Your Part
Here's a very short Facebook reel that I have found worthwhile and encouraging. Some of you may pass it by simply because it is Glenn...
Iran - Can We Do Better than We Did in 1978?
Nearly 10 years after I first read and reviewed The Fall of Heaven —a book recommended to me by two Iranian friends who...