There is one big reason I come back to America. I love my daughter and honestly that’s reason enough. My most recently completed book could easily be labeled roman a clef which roughly translates to fiction where characters and situations are more or less the author’s fantasy or desires from life translated to the page. Novel…
I don’t think it can be overstated how much damage the death of the American dream has done to the American psyche. Maybe all you need to do is spend an hour looking at political news and social media to get the point. Compare that with the idea of what it meant to be an…
I have to admit, I was a little bit excited about watching Amazon’s new show Utopia. First of all, I’m a Utopian – I’ve always been someone who dreams about the possibility of a better world. Second, I saw the trailer and even though reality has been incredibly grim – the trailer with REM’s end…
I didn’t have much time for anything on this trip. I was here to finally sell my beloved Vanagon. I’d thought that maybe I would ship her to Hawaii but instead she sat at my relative’s slowly degrading over the past 3.5 years. To be honest, if I lived on the Big Island it would…
Week of 9/13/2020 In memorium of those who died on 9-11 and the millions of Iraqi, Syrian, Afgani, Libyan, and other children who died as a result of our incoherent and selfish response to a terrorist attack carried out by Saudi Arabian extremists. Global Covid Cases: 29,055, 013 Global Covid Deaths: 885,129 926,009 New…
Week ending 09/06/20 Global Covid Cases: 27,158,685 Global Covid Deaths: 885,129 New Deaths: 36,664 avg of 5238 per day down from last week’s 5450 per day US Covid Cases: 6,440,816 US Covid Deaths: 192,956 New Deaths: 6012 859 per day down from 937 last week – but as noted before, these numbers are political so…
Week ending 8/31/20 Global Covid Cases: 25,282,859 Global Covid Deaths: 848,465 810317 New Deaths: 38,148 an average of 5450 per day, down from last week’s 5640 per day average US Covid Cases: 6,147,967 US Covid Deaths: 180,384 – 186,944 New Deaths: 6560 – average of 937- down from 1078 per day dying average last week…
Week ending 8/24/20 Global Covid Cases: 23,475,619 Global Covid Deaths: 810,317 New Deaths: 39,481 an average of 5,640 per day, up slightly from last week’s 5590 per day average US Covid Cases: 5,855,818 US Covid Deaths: 180,384 – 172,836 New Deaths: 7548 – average of 1078- just slightly down from 1082 per day dying average…
Week ending 8/16/20 Global Covid Cases: 21,715,859 Global Covid Deaths: 770836 New Deaths: 39,131 an average of 5,590 per day, down slightly from last week’s 5,845 per day average US Covid Cases: 5,541,022 US Covid Deaths: 172,836 New Deaths: 7576 – average of 1082 – just slightly up from 1024 per day dying average last…
8/9/20 Global Covid Cases: 19,918,914 Global Covid Deaths: 731,705 New Deaths: 40,918 – 5,845 per day average – about the same as last week’s 5724 but a little higher US Covid Cases: 5,165,337 US Covid Deaths: 165,260 New Deaths: 7,166 – 1024 per day dying average – down just a bit from last week’s 1220…