A memory hit me hard this morning while sipping on my first cup of coffee at a local coffee shop... When I was around twelve or thirteen, my brother and I stayed with our aunt and uncle on their dairy farm in a small Kentucky town in the mid-1960s, while my dad was off fighting … Continue reading Anthony Was Just Anthony
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Is The War Over Yet?
Over coffee this morning, I was thinking about this disgusting war with Iran, and an old John Lennon song popped into my brain. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were big protesters of the Vietnam War back in 1969 and ran a billboard campaign in major cities saying: “WAR IS OVER, IF YOU WANT IT! Happy … Continue reading Is The War Over Yet?
The Year of My Dad
I’m sitting on the patio of one of my favorite coffee shops in Volcán. It’s a very pleasant morning, and I thought I’d write about my dad over coffee and an English muffin. My dad died in the year he turned 73. I am now in the year when I will turn 73. Both of … Continue reading The Year of My Dad