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Happy 250th Birthday, America
The flag still stands for freedom, and they can't take that away. You know you're aging as fast as the country when you tell...
sursumcorda, 4 July 2026 |
Heat, Part 2
I'm not unsympathetic to those who are genuinely suffering in the heat. I spent the first 30+ years of my life in the Northeast, where...
Heat
Now that we're back from three weeks in the Mediterranean region, people are wondering how we survived Europe's heat wave. The answer is...
Commercial Pilot!
Our resident pilot-in-training has now obtained his Commercial license! Despite what it sounds like, that doesn't mean you...
A Small, Symbolic Gesture
It was a small gesture, but it felt so good. The government gave us these for free, and they've been stashed in our closet...
Meeting Each Other in Real Life
I've been out of the country for three weeks, and I never look at Tik Tok anyway, but I hear that it has been blowing up with European...
Everyone's Gone to the Moon
I've often said that the 1960's were a miserable decade. Not for me, personally: a healthy family life protected me from dangers I only...
I Looked Out My Office Window, and I Found...
...Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR armadillos cavorting all around . They are voracious bug eaters, and welcome. I see...
Hamilton!
We finally saw Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton . I've been aware of the show for some ten years. In April of 2016 I wrote, ...
The Fun Behind "More Fun"
In my More Fun post, I mentioned that my "I've had fun before" cartoon was a "four-way collaboration among me, my grandson,...
More Fun
A companion to my previous post on fun . A four-way collaboration among me, my grandson, Copilot, and Claude. Details to come, I...
Fun
As promised in a previous post, here's a follow-up to my dad's thoughts about happiness , during a 1993 Elderhostel lecture in Uruguay....
Analyzing Happiness
One characteristic I share with of both my parents is a deep-seated suspicion of psychology and psychiatry, especially in their popular...
My Father on Marriage
This was my father's comment, from a 1993 letter, on the prevalence of creative wedding vows. I think that trend started in the 1960's....
It Was a Bad Idea in Nixon's Time, and It's No Better Now
I have created my first, and I hope only, anti-Trump political cartoon. I usually give the president grace for decisions he makes...
Connecticut's New Home Education Bill Is a Warning to All
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel . — Patrick Henry...
Claude's Book List
I've been working pretty intensely with Anthropic's Claude on my father's letters, but every once in a while I need a break and delve...
Memorial Day 2026 - For the Forgotten Ones
We almost never sing my favorite verse of the Star-Spangled Banner , so I was especially pleased that we did so at the regular...
Dancing
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Possibly I inherited my attitude toward dancing from my father. The following is taken from...
The Feeling of Being Lost
Incomprehensible to our grandchildren's generation—from a 1992 letter from my father. Today I had an appointment with my...
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...
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...